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Chad  Browne  Memorial 


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GENEALOGICAL    MEMOIRS 


PORTION    OP   THE  DESCENDANTS 


Chad  AND  ELiZABf 


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Containing  Sketches  of  Other  Early  Rhode    Island 

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PREFACE. 


The  Chad  Browne  Memorial  is  intended  to  supplement  the 
"Grenealogy  of  a  Portion  of  the  Brown  Family,"  a  pamphlet  of 
sixteen  pages,  compiled  by  Henry  Truman  Beckwith,  and  printed 
in  Providence,  R.  I.,  by  Hugh  H.  Brown,  in  1851.  The  title 
page  states  that  it  was  derived  "principally  from  the  Moses 
Brown  papers  and  from  other  authentic  sources."  Like  its  pre- 
decessor, this  book  follows  chiefly  tlie  line  of  the  eldest  son  John. 
No  preference  has  here  been  given  to  the  descendants  of  sons 
over  that  of  daughters,  as  the  aim  has  been  to  preserve  the 
records  of  the  Chad  Browne  posterity,  irrespective  of  the  name. 
This  volume,  though  incomplete  and  imjoerfect,  is  the  result  of 
four  years  of  laborious  investigation  and  extensive  correspond- 
ence. It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  publication  of  these  memoirs 
may  stimulate  research,  and  that  some  future  compiler  may  pre- 
pare a  more  extended  work  which  shall  include  the  lines  of  the 
younger  sons,  concerning  which,  at  present,  comparatively  little 
is  known. 

Until  nearly  the  close  of  the  last  century  marriages  were  con- 
fined chiefly  to  Rhode  Island  families,  about  thirty  of  whom  are 
closely  connected  with  the  Browns  by  frequent  alliances.  It  has 
been  deemed  desirable  to  present  sketches  of  the  founders  of 
these  families,  and,  as  far  as  possible,  trace  the  line  of  descent. 
Much  more  could  have  been  done  in  this  direction,  but  research 
having  been  restricted  in  most  instances  to  published  records, 
the  results  are  often  incomplete.  These  sketches,  with  a  few 
others  of  families  outside  of  the  State,  form  the  Appendix.* 

It  will  be  observed  that  the  Chad  Browne  Memorial  is  not 
strictly  genealogical  in  its  character.  The  design  has  been  not 
only  to  preserve  to  coming  generations  an  unbroken  account  of 
descent  from  the  emigrant  ancestor,  but  also  to  trace  the  influence 
of  this  family  during  the  two  hundred  and  fifty  years  that  have 
elapsed  since  its  founders,  Chad  and  Elizabeth  Browne,  sailed  from 
the  Old  World  to  found  a  home  in  New  England.  It  is  believed 
that  few  similar  works  contain  an  equal  number  of  names  illustri- 
ous for  the  service  their  possessors  rendered  to  the  times  in  which 
they  lived,  and  for  the  provision  they  made  with  reference  to  the 

*"  The  annals  of  Rhode  Island  are  unique.  The  heroic  steps  by  which  a  few  exiles, 
banished  from  Massachusetts  Bay  for  political  and  relig-ious  heresies,  founded  a  per- 
manent colony  on  the  shores  of  the  NarragansettBay,  based  on  new  and  untried  theories 
of  religion  and  politics,  will  never  cease  to  interest  the  liistorian  and  the  philo.sopher. 
Tlie  influence  and  example  of  this  little  colony  of  freemen  have  not  yet  ceased  to  affect 
the  interests  of  mankind."— .Vew  .B«gr/a;(d  iifjsf.  and  Genealogical  Register,  Oct.,  1S77, 


4  Preface. 

welfare  of  future  generations.  Example  is  often  more  powerful 
for  good  than  precept,  and  many  of  the  lives  here  recorded  are 
well  worthy  of  emulation. 

The  genealogical  arrangement  requires  little  explanation.  The 
names  at  the  right  of  heads  of  families,  enclosed  in  parenthesis, 
indicate  the  line  of  descent.  The  figures  attached  to  these 
names  are  for  reference,  by  means  of  which  each  preceding  gen- 
eration can  be  distinctly  identified.  Every  name  bearing  a 
number  (No.  1  excepted)  appears  twice  ;  first,  in  connection 
with  the  parents,  and  later,  when  the  subsequent  history  is  traced. 
Names  which  bear  no  number  do  not  reappear.  In  other 
instances  where  the  line  of  descent  is  indicated  by  names  included 
in  parenthesis,  the  accompanying  figures  simply  point  out  the 
number  of  the  generation. 

Acknowledgments  are  gratefully  tendered  to  the  many  indi- 
viduals of  the  family,  as  well  as  to  those  not  connected  with  it 
by  ties  of  kindred,  without  whose  friendly  aid  and  zealous 
co-operation  this  volume  could  have  had  no  existence.  The 
information  has  been  derived  from  many  sources,  both  public 
and  private,  and  only  that  deemed  trustworthy  has  been  admitted. 
Should  errors  be  detected,  the  finder  will  confer  a  favor  by  com- 
municating the  correction  to  the  author,  in  order  that  a  list  of 
the  same  may  be  inserted  in  the  copy  to  be  placed  in  the  Library 
of  the  Ehode  Island  Historical  Society. 

Abby  Isabel  (Brown)  Bulkley. 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  March  14,  1888. 

No.  167  South  Elliott  Place. 


CONTENTS. 

PAGE. 

Preface , 3 

List  of  Illustrations 6 

First  Generation 7 

Second  Generation 10 

Third  Generation  ... 11 

Fourth  Generation 16 

Fifth  Generation 31 

Sixth   Generation   50 

Seventli   Generation 72 

Eighth  Generation 104 

James  Brown,  second  son  of  Chad 122 

Jeremiah  Brown,  third  son  of  Chad 125 

Daniel  Brown,  fifth  son  of  Chad 125 

Appendix 131 

Eeprint  of  the  Brown  Genealogy  of  1851 133 

Notes  on  Families  Allied  to  the  Browns  by  Marriage  com- 
mencing with  Thomas  Angell 142 

Corrections,  Omissions  and  Additional  Information 163 

Index  No.  One,  Descendants  bearing  the  name  of  Brown. . .  1G5 

Index  No  Two,  Descendants  bearing  names  other  than  Brown  1  (J6 

Index  No.  Three,  Miscellaneous 170 

Index  No.    Four,  Localities  outside  of  Rhode  Island 171 

Index  No.  Five,  Family  Notes 173 


LIST  OF  ILLUSTRATIONS. 


PAGE. 

Brown  University,  Providence,  R.  I.,  contributed  by  John  Nicholas 

Brown  and  Harold  Biown 10 

Map  of  the  Home  Seat  of  John  Smith,  the  Miller,  contributed  by  Abby 

Isabel  (Brown)  Bulkley 24 

Elisha  Brown  House.     Plate  contributed  by  Albert  Holbrook 25 

Portrait  of  Moses  Brown.     Use  of  plate  permitted  by  Prof.  Augustine 

Jones 36 

Friends'  School,  Providence,   R.  I.     Use  of  plate  permitted  by  Prof. 

Augustine  Jones 88 

Portrait  and   Autograph  of  David   Howell,  LL.  D.,    contributed    by 

Martha  Howell  (Walker)  Burrough 42 

Portrait  and  Autograph  of  Goold  Brown,  contributed  by  the  Family. .     46 

Portrait  of  Lydia  Brown,  contributed  by  the  Family 48 

Portrait  and  Autograph  of  Nicholas  Brown,  contributed  by  Hope  Brown 

(Ives)  Russell 50 

Portrait  and  Autograph  t)f  Thomas  Poynton  Ives,  contributed  by  Hope 

Brown  (Ives)  Russell 52 

Portrait  and  Autograph  of  Eliza  Brown  (Gano)  Rogers,  contributed  by 

Maria  Benedict 53 

Portrait  and  Autograph  of  Jeremiah   Brown   Howell,  contributed  by 

Martha  Howell  (Walker)  Burrough 56 

Portrait  of  Sarah  (Howell)  Eddy,  contributed  by  Martha  Howell  (Walker) 

Burrough 58 

Portrait  and  Autograph  of  Isaac  Brown,  contributed  by  Adeline  Brown  64 
Prortrait  and  Autograph  of  Truman  Beckwith,  contributed   by  Henry 

Truman  Beckwith 66 

Portrait  of  Samuel  Brown,  contributed  by  the  Family 68 

Residence  of  Samuel  Brown,  at  Pembroke,  Mass.,  now  Oak  Dale  Farm  68 
Brown  T7niversity  Library,  contrilmted  by  John  Nicholas  Brown  and 

Harold  Brown 74 

Portrait  and  Autograph  of  Robert  Hale  Ives,  Sr.,  contributed  by  Eliza- 
beth Amory  (Ives)  Gammell  80 

Portrait  and  Autograph  of  Robert  Hale  Ives,  Jr. ,  contributed  by  Eliza- 
beth Amory  (Ives)  Gammell 82 

Portrait  and  Autograph  of  Sarah  Brown  (Mason)  Eaton,  contributed  by 

Amasa  ^I.  Eaton  and  Charles  Frederick  Eaton  84 

Portrait  and  Autograph  of  John  Williams  Bulkley,  contributed  by  Abby 

Isabel  (Brown)  Bulkley 96 

Portrait  and  Autograph  of  Col.  Nathaniel  Williams  Brown,  contributed 

by  Adeline  Brown 98 


The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 


FIRST  GENERATION. 

1.  Of  the  parentage,  birthplace  and  early  history  of  Chad  Brown 
nothing  is  now  known.  Accompanied  by  his  wife  Elizabeth  and 
son  John,  then  eight  years  of  age,  and  perhaps  his  younger  sons, 
he  emigrated  from  England  in  the  ship  Martin,  which  arrived  in 
Boston,  Mass.,  July,  1638.  A  fellow  i:)assenger,  Sylvester  Bald- 
win, of  Aston  Clinton,  Bucks  Co.,  Eng.,  died  during  the  voy- 
age, and  Chad  Brown,  soon  after  his  arrival,  witnessed  the 
nuncupative  will.     Of  this  Savage  gives  the  following  account  : 

"On  the  main  ocean,  bound  for  N.  E.,  his  nuncupative  will 
was  made  21  June,  and  proved  13  July  of  that  year,  before  Dep. 
Gov.  Dudley,  by  oaths  of  Chad  Brown,  Francis  Bolt,  James 
Weeden  and  John  Baldwin." 

It  is  probable  that  his  religious  views  were  not  in  harmony 
with  those  of  the  Massachu&setts  settlers,  as  he  soon  removed  to 
Providence,  where  he  became  at  once  a  leader  in  the  colony  and 
one  of  its  most  valued  citizens.  According  to  tradition,  he  was 
an  exile  from  Salem  "for  conscience'  sake."  His  coming  to 
Providence  was  the  same  year  of  his  arrival,  and  there,  with 
twelve  others,  he  signed  the  following  compact  :  "  We  whose 
names  are  hereunder,  desirous  to  inhabit  in  the  town  of 
Providence,  do  promise  to  subject  ourselves  in  active  or  passive 
obedience  to  all  such  orders  or  agreements  as  shall  be  made  for 
the  public  good  of  the  body,  in  an  orderly  way,  by  the  major 
assent  of  the  present  inhabitants,  masters  of  families,  incor- 
porated together  into  a  town  fellowship,  and  such  others  as  they 
shall  admit  into  them,  only  in  civil  things." 

In  his  capacity  as  surveyor,  he  was  soon  after  appointed  on  a 
committee  to  compile  a  list  of  the  Home  Lots  of  the  first  settlers 
on  the  "  Towne  Streete"  and  the  meadows  allotted  to  them.  It 
is  to  this  important  work  that  we  are  indebted  for  our  knowledge 
of  these  properties.  His  Home  Lot  fronted  on  the  "Towne 
Streete,"  now  South  Main  and  Market  Square,  with  the  southern 
boundary  to  the  southward  of  College  and  South  Main  Streets. 
It  was  about  one  hundred  and  twelve  feet  wide,  and  extended 
eastwardly  to  the  "  Highway,"  now  Hope  Street.  The  College 
Grounds  of  Brown  University  comprise  a  large  portion  of  this 
lot. 

In  1640  he  served  on  a  committee  with  three  others  regarding 
the  disputed  boundary  line  between  Providence  and  Pawtuxet. 
They  reported  in  July  that  they  had  given  the  matter  serious 
and  careful  consideration,  "  We  have  gone  the  fairest  and 
equallest  way  to  produce  our  peace." 


8  The  Chad  Broavn  Memorial. 

The  same  year,  Eobert  Cole,  Chad  Brown,  William  Harris  and 
John  Warner,  were  the  committee  of  Providence  Colony  who 
reported  to  them  their  first  written  form  of  government,  which 
was  adopted  and  continued  in  force  nntil  1644,  when  Roger 
Williams  returned  from  England  with  the  first  Charter.  Of  the 
thirty-nine  signatures  to  this  agreement,  Chad  Brown's  is  the 
first.  This  instrument  contains  the  arbitration  decision  to 
which  in  later  years  Roger  Williams,  in  speaking  of  the  dissen- 
sions which  so  disturbed  the  jjeace  of  the  early  colonists  referred 
on  this  wise  :  "  The  truth  is  that  Chad  Brown,  that  Holy  man, 
now  with  God,  and  myself,  brought  the  remaining  after-comers 
and  the  first  twelve  to  a  one-ness  by  arbitration.'' 

In  1643  he  was  ordained  as  the  first  settled  Pastor  of  the 
Baptist  Church  and  is  thus  mentioned  by  Hague  in  his  Histori- 
cal Discourse  :  "  Contemjiorary  with  Roger  Williams,  he  pos- 
sessed a  cooler  temperament,  and  was  happily  adajjted  to  sustain 
the  interests  of  religion  just  where  that  great  man  failed.  Xot 
being  affected  by  the  arguments  of  the  Seekers,  he  maintained 
his  standing  firmly  in  a  church  which  he  believed  to  be  founded 
on  the  Rock  of  eternal  truth  '  even  the  Word  of  Clod  which 
abideth  forever.'  We  know  only  enough  of  his  character  to 
excite  the  wish  to  know  more  ;  but  from  that  little  it  is  clear 
that  he  was  highly  esteemed  as  a  man  of  sound  judgment  and 
of  a  Christian  si^irit.  Often  referred  to  as  the  arbitrator  of 
existing  differences,  in  a  state  of  society  where  individual  influ- 
ence was  needed  as  a  substitute  for  well  digested  laws,  he  won 
that  commendation  which  the  Savior  pronounced  when  he  said, 
'  blessed  are  the  peace-makers,  for  they  shall  be  called  the 
children  of  God.' " 

In  1643  he  was  on  a  committee  to  negotiate  peace  between  the 
Warwick  settlers  and  Massachusetts  Bay.  Their  efforts,  how- 
ever, proved  ineffectual,  and  it  was  not  until  1665  that  the 
claims  of  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony  in  regard  to  Warwick  were 
set  aside  by  the  Royal  Commissioners,  and  a  decision  rendered  in 
favor  of  the  Rhode  Island  and  Providence  Plantations. 

It  is  evident  that  he  died  some  years  earlier  than  has  been 
supposed,  as  the  name  of  his  Avidow  occurs  in  a  tax  list  of  Sept. 
2,  1650.  His  sons  allude  in  deeds  to  the  will  of  their  father. 
Chad  and  Elizabeth  Browne  were  buried  in  an  orchard  on  his 
Home  Lot,  College  Street,  corner  of  Benefit,  where  the  County 
Court  House  now  stands.  Their  remains  were  removed  in  1792 
to  the  Nicholas  Brown  lot  in  the  North  Burial  Ground  where  a 
stone  with  this  inscription  marks  the  spot  : 


First  Generation.  9 

"  In  Memory  of 

CHAD     BROWN, 

Elder  of  the  Bajotist  Church  in 

this  Town. 

He  was  one  of  tlie  original  Proprietors  of 

the  Providence  Purchase, 

Having  been  exiled  from  Massachusetts 

for  conscience'  sake. 

He  had  five  sons, 

JOHN,  JAMES,  JEEEMIAH,  CHAD  AND  DANIEL, 

Who  have  left  a  numerous  Posterity. 

He  died  about  A.  D.  1G65. 

This  Monument 

Was  erected  by  the  Town  of  Providence." 

Other  early  settlers  bore  the  name  of  Browne  and  may  have 
been  related  to  Chad,  but  of  this  no  evidence  exists.  The  final 
E  has  been  droj^ped  by  nearly  all  the  descendants  of  Chad 
Browne,  and  occurs  at  the  present  time  only  in  the  Glocester, 
R.  I.  branch. 

The  children  of  Chad  and  Elizabeth  Browne  were : 

2.    i.      John,  b.  1630. 

lii.    j™iAH,|-«™-^d  to  Newport,  R.  I. 

iv.     JuDAH,  or  Chad,  d.  May  10,  1663,  unmarried. 
v.      Damel. 


10  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

SECOND  GENERATION. 

2.  JOHN  BROWN  (  CliacP),  b.  1630,  d.  about  1706,  m.  Mary, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Obadiah  and  Catliariue  Holmes  of  Newport, 
R.  I.  He  resided  in  Providence  at  the  North  End,  in  the  house 
afterwards  occupied  by  his  son,  Elder  James,  near  the  junction 
of  North  Main  and  Randall  Streets.  We  learn  from  the  town 
records  that  he  frequently  served  as  Juryman,  was  commissioner 
on  union  of  towns  in  1654,  and  Freeman  in  1665.  Like  his 
father  he  was  a  surveyor  as  well  as  Baptist  Elder,  and  in  1659 
was  appointed  Surveyor  of  Highways.  He  served  on  various 
committees,  was  moderator,  member  of  the  Town  Council, 
deputy  in  legislature,  assistant,  and  took  the  oath  of  allegiance. 
May  31,  1666.  In  1661  the  town  allowed  a  way  that  had  been 
laid  out  across  his  land  and  other  lots  to  be  fenced  under  certain 
restrictions.     It  was  afterwards  laid  out  as  Camp  Street. 

In  1672,  after  the  death  of  his  mother,  he  sold  the  home  lot 
of  his  father  to  his  brother  James  of  Newport,  who  re-sold  it  the 
same  day  to  Daniel  Abbot.  The  burial  place  of  his  parents, 
twenty  feet  square  with  free  egress,  was  reserved.  Nearly  one 
hundred  years  later,  his  great  grandsons,  John  and  Moses  Brown, 
repurchased  a  part  of  this  land,  and  presented  it  to  the  College 
of  Rhode  Island,  at  the  time  of  its  removal  from  Warren  to 
Providence.  On  the  14tli  of  May,  1770,  the  corner-stone  of 
University  Hall,  the  first  and  for  many  years  the  only  building, 
was  laid  by  John  Brown.  In  1804,  the  name  of  the  institution 
was  changed  to  Brown  University. 

In  1701   he  and  Pardon  Tillinghast,  elders   of   the  church, 

ordained  James  Clarke  as  pastor  of  the  Second  Baptist  Church 

in  Newport. 

CHILDREN. 

i  Sakah,  m.  Nov.  14,  1678,  John  Pray,  of  Richard  and  Mary 
Pray.  He  d.  Oct.  9,  1730.  She  d.  after  1733.  They  had 
eight  children  : — John,  Hugh,  Richard,  Mary,  Catharine, 
Sarah,  Penelope,  Martha.  Of  these,  Catharine  m.  Hazadiah* 
Comstock  {Samuel.^  Samuel,  -  WiUia^n^),  and  had  ten 
children.  She  d.  Nov.  27,  1728.  He  was  born  April  16, 
168"2,  and  died  Feb  21,  1764  He  had  a  mare  worth  £2, 
taken  from  him  for  not  training,  he  being  a  Quaker.  The 
mare  was  afterwards  returned.     They  had  10  childien. 

Sarah  m  Capt.  Joseph  Brown,  son  of  Henry  and  Waite 
(Waterman;  Brown,  and  had  10  children,  among  whom  were 
three  sons,  Stephen,  Benjamin  and  Joseph.  They  lived  in 
Smithfield,  R.  I  Penelope  m  John  Aldrich.  of  Jacob  and 
Hiildah  (Thuyer)  Aldrich,  and  had  10  children. 

Martha  m.  Joseph  Wilkinson,  of  Samuel  and  Plain  ( Wick- 
enden)  Wilkinson,  and  had  15  children. 

3.  ii.    JoHK,  b.  March  18,  1662  (Ensign). 

4.  iii.  James,  b.   1666. 

5.  iv.  Obadiah. 

6.  V.    Martha. 

7.  vi.  Mary. 
vii.  Deborah. 


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Third  Generation.  il?! 

» 

THIRD    GENERATION. 

3.  J0HN,3  BROWN  (./o/m,-  CIickP),  h.  March  18,  1(3(52,  d. 
Sept.  19,  1719,  held  the  title  of  Ensign,  and  lived  in  Johnston, 
R.  I.  May  20,  1706,  he  deeded  to  his  brother  Obadiah,  certain 
hinds  inherited  from  his  father.  The  inventory  of  his  personal 
estate  amounted  to  £253,  Is.  8d.  His  real  estate  consisted  of  the 
homestead,  farm,  &c.,  £500  ;  lands  and  meadows  at  Wanscott, 
£100  ;  land  west  of  the  Seven  Mile  Line,  &c.  FTe  married  June 
9,  1696,  Isabel,  dau.  of  James  and  Hannah  (Field)  Matthewson, 
and  gr.  dau.  of  John  Fiel'dT     She  d.  after  1719. 

CHILDREN. 

i.  John,  b.  March  26,  1697,  d  at  Newport,  R.  I.,  iu  1764.  Is  said 
to  have  tieen  a  successful  shipping  merchant. 

ii     Mary,  b.  .July  80,  1699. 

iii.  Lydia,  b.  Dec.  21,  1701. 

iv.  Isabel,  b.  April  17, 1705,  wasni.  June  10, 1722,  to  Joseph  Smith, 
Jr.  {Joneph,^  John,^  John  Smitli^  Miller).  One  of  her 
descendants,  Nnomi  A.  Angell,  b.  March  7,  1788,  became 
the  third  wife  of  Judge  Samuel  Eddy.     (See  No.  II  ) 

V.    Nathan,  b.  Aug.  24,  1707,  d.  Sept.  17.  178:i. 

vi.  Obadiah,  b.  Aug.  17,  1710,  d.  April  27,  1753.     Hem.  Martha* 

,  who  may  have  been  dau.  of  Benjamin  Waterman,  gr. 

dau.  of  Nathaniel  and  g.  gr.  dau.  of  the  first  Richard  Water- 
man. She  d.  Dec.  3, 1778,  in  her  63d  year  Of  their  children, 
Isitbel,  d.  Feb.  5,  1753,  in  her  16th  year.  Obadiah,  Jr., 
belonged  to  Sullivan's  Life  Guards,  who  particularly  distin- 
guished themselves  in  the  repulse  of  the  British  forces  on 
Rhode  Island.  "  He  fell  bravely  fighting  for  the  liberties  of 
his  country,  Aug.  29,  1778,  in  his  36th  year."  His  remains 
were  interred  in  the  North  Ground,  Providence,  where  a  stone 
marks  the  spot.  Nathan  d.  May  II,  1750,  aged  3  years  and 
six  months. 

4.  JAMES  BROWN  {John,^  Chad'),h.  1666,  d.  Oct.  28, 
1732.  He  m.  Dec.  17,  1691,  Mary,  dau.  of  Andrew  and  Mary 
(Tew)  Harris,  sfr.  dau.  of  William  and  Susannah  Harris,  and 
also  gr.  dau.  of  Richard  and  Mary  (Clarke)  Tew.  She  was  b 
Dec.  17,  1671,  and  d.  Aug.  18, 1736.  From  1705-1725  he  served 
almost  continuously  as  member  of  the  Town  Council,  and  from 
1714-'18  was  Town  Treasurer.  He  was  pastor  or  elder  of  the 
First  Baptist  Church,  being  associated  first  with  Elder  Pardon 
Tillinghast,  and  later  with  Rev.  Ebenezer  Jenckes.  In  1726  he 
succeeded  the  latter  in  the  ministry,  remaining  pastor  until  his 
death  in  1732.  fEdwards  says  :  "  He  was  an  example  of  piety 
and  meekness  wortliy  of  admiration." 

His  will,  made  March  3,  1728,  indicates  that  he  did  not  lack 
thrift  in  wordly  matters.     His  older  sons,  partly  provided  for  in 

♦Benjamin  Waterman  mentions  in  his  will  of  Oct.  9,  1760,  his  daughter  Martha 
Brown,  and  his  grand-daughter  Amey,  wife  of  Obadiah  Brown 
t  See  Hague's  Hist.  Discourse  and  Benedict's  History  of  the  Baptists. 


12  The  Chad  Bkovvn  Memorial. 

his  lifetime,  were  well  remembered.  His  two  daughters,  Mary 
and  Ann,  (the  former  died  before  her  father)  were  to  receive  £200 
each,  partly  paid  with  a  negro  woman  at  £80.  and  also  two  lots 
in  town  each.  To  his  grandson,  James  Greene,  then  in  the 
fourth  year  of  his  age,  he  gave  150  acres  of  land,  a  lot  in  Town, 
and  adds,  "  And  I  give  him  one  Cow  and  a  Calfe."  His  two 
younger  sons,  Jeremiah  and  Elisha,  minors,  were  made  residuary 
legatees  in  equal  portions.  They  were  to  care  for  their  mother, 
receiving  the  homestead  at  her  death,  and  to  j)rovide  suitable 
things  for  her,  "  as  firewood,  vittles  and  drink  for  her  comfort.'' 
The  inventory  of  his  j^ereonal  estate  amounted  to  £915,  6d. 
The  items,  "  2  Hogsheads  of  sider  and  4  Hogsheads  of  apple 
beere,"  give  assurance  that  good  cheer  was  not  wanting.  Of 
tobacco  there  were  133  jjounds  in  store.  A  negro  woman  and 
child,  Quassie  and  Cuffie,  are  valued  at  £100. 

It  is  evident  that  Elder  James  was  a  dutiful  son,  as  his  father, 
July  6,  1690,  deeded  to  him  "  for  his  well  being  and  settlement, 
and  also  in  consideration  of  his  good  obedience  and  pains,  care 
and  diligence  which  he  constantly  hath  taken  in  providing  for 
my  family,  my  three  house  lots  or  home  shares  of  land  lying  all 
together,  with  my  dwelling  house,  etc.  and  other  land."  The 
conditions  were,  use  of  the  house  and  comfortable  maintain- 
ance  for  life  of  his  parents. 

CHILDREN. 

i.     John,  b.  Oct.  S,  1695  ;  d.  unm.  aged  about  21. 

8.  ii.    James,  b.  March  23,  1698. 

9.  lii.  Joseph,  b.  May  o,  1701. 

iv.  Martha,  b.  Oct.  12,  1703,  m.  Sept.  26,  1723,  Rev.  Elisha* 
Greene  of  Warwick,  R.  I.  {James,^  James, '^  John  Greene^, 
:?urgeon).  She  d.  July  27,  1725,  leaving  a  son  James,  b. 
Sept.  15,  1724,  whom.  Dec.  12,  1745,  Freelove  Burlingame. 
Shed.  March  6,  1761,  in  the  34th  year  of  her  age.  Had 
issue. 

10.  v.    Andrew,  b.  Sept.  20,  1706. 

vi.  Mary,  b.  April  29,  1708  ;  d   Feb.  20,  1729. 

11.  vii.  Anna,  b.  1710. 

12.  viii.  Obadiah,  b.  Oct.  2,  1712. 

13.  ix.  Jeremiah,  b.  Nov.  25,  1715. 

14.  X.    Ei.iSHA,  b.  May  25,  1717. 

5.  OBADIAH  BROWN  {Jo/w,^  Cha<P),  d.  Aug.  24,  171 6. 
The  name  of  his  wife  was  Mary.  In  1688  his  name  occurs  in  the 
list  of  taxable  persons  over  sixteen  years  of  age.  The  inventory 
of  his  personal  property  amounted  to  £377,  Id. 

CHILDREN. 

1.  John,  Jr.  March  23,  1728,  he  deeded  to  Chad  Brovpne,  his 
brother,  200  acres  of  land  on  Chepachet  Hill,  "Being  laid 
out  the  most  part  in  or  upon  the  original  right  of  Mr.  Chad 
Browne  deceased,  and  part  being  land  my  honored  father. 


Third  Generation.  13 

the  above  named  Ohadiah  Browne,  bought  of  the  pur- 
chasers." (See  Providence  Deeds.  Book  6,  p.  52.  Also, 
Book  8,  pages  364  and  366). 

15.  ii.     Chad,  b.  Oct.  13,  1705. 

6.  MARTHA  BROWN  {John,'-  Chad^),  m.  Joseph^ 
Jenckes,  who  was  b.  1656  {Joieph",  Joseph'^).  He  was  grand- 
son of  the  first  Joseph  Jenckes  of  Buckingliamshire,  Eng.,  who 
emigrated  with  the  Winthrop  company  in  ]  630,  and  settled  in 
Lynn,  Mass.,  where  he  erected  a  brass  and  iron  foundry,  the 
first  on  this  continent.  His  eldest  son,  Joseph,  who  accompanied 
his  father,  afterwards  established  himself  in  the  same  business  at 
Pawtucket,  R.  I.,  where  Joseph  Jenckes^  was  born. 

Gov.  Jenckes  early  entered  public  life.  He  was  Freeman  in 
1681,  then  Deputy  ;  Speaker  of  House  of  Deputies,  Major  for 
the  Main,*  and  Assistant.  He  held  the  office  of  Deputy  Gover- 
nor from  1715-1727.  During  this  time  he  was  appointed  Agent 
in  England  to  settle  the  boundary  dispute  between  Rhode  Island 
and  the  neighboring  colonies,  Massachusetts  and  Connecticut. 
He  served  as  Governor  from  1727  to  1732,  residing  during  most 
of  his  term  at  Newport.  Benedict  says  of  him  that  he  was 
''  distinguished  not  only  by  the  urbanity  of  his  manners  and 
intellectual  endowments,  but  by  the  graces  of  religion."  It  is 
recorded  that  he  was  the  tallest  man  of  his  time  iu  Rhode  Island, 
being  two  inches  over  seven  feet  in  height. 

The  inscription  on  his  tomb  in  the  North  Burial  Ground  is  as 
follows:  "In  memory  of  Hon.  Joseph  Jencks,  Esq.,  late 
Governor  of  the  Colony  of  Rhode  Island,  deceased  the  15th  day 
of  June,  A  D.  1740,  in  the  eighty-fourth  year  of  his  age.  He 
was  much  Honored  and  Beloved  in  Life  and  Lamented  in  Death, 
He  was  a  bright  example  of  Virtue  in  every  Stage  of  Life.  He 
was  a  zealous  Christian,  a  Wise  and  Prudent  Governor,  a  Kind 
Husband  and  a  Tender  Father,  a  good  Neighbor  and  a  Faithful 
Fi'iend,  Grave,  Sober,  Pleasant  in  Behavior,  Beautiful  in  Person 
with  a  soul  truly  Great,  Heroic  and  Sweetly  TemjDered." 

CHILDREN. 

i.     Joseph,  d.  young. 

16.  ii.    Obadiah. 

17.  iii.  Catharine 

iv.  Nathaniel  (Captain),  m.  Catharine  Scott*  (Sylvanus,^  John,' 
IlichauP). 

V.  Martha  d.  after  1719.  She  m.  James  Andrew,  sou  of  John, 
who  d.  July  10,  1716.  He  was  a  mariner.  The  widow 
Martha,  Oct.  8,  1719,  deeded  to  her  only  child  John,  for  love, 
etc.,  a  half  part  of  128  acres  iu  Coweset,  and  half  part  of  a 
right  in  undivided  lauds  there,  and  said  son  being  in 
minority,  she  appointed  her  brother,  John  Jenckes,  of 
Providence  "  Studiant  in  Physic  aud  Chirurgery,  feoflfe  in 
trust  for  said  son."     She  m.  2d.  Peleg  Cook. 

*  Highest  military  title  of  the  period. 


14  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial, 

vi.    Lydia. 

18.  vii.  John. 

19.  vjii.  Mary. 
ix.  Esther. 

7.  MAEY  BEOWN  {John,  Chad^),  m.  Arthur  Aylworth, 
who  came  to  America  from  either  Enghind  or  Wales,  previous  to 
July,  1679,  and  settled  at  Quidnesset,  North  Kingstown,  R.  1., 
where  he  died  about  172G.  It  is  supposed  that  she  died  some 
years  earlier. 

CHILDREN.     (Order  not  positively  known). 

i.  Robert,  d.  1760  ;  m.  May  20,  1708,  Anna  Davis,  and  had 
tj  children. 

ii.  Arthur,  b.  1685,  d.  July,  1761  ;  m.  Mary  Franklin,  and  had 
9  children.  A  descendant  in  the  eighth  generation.  Cora 
Elizabeth  Aylsworth  {Hiram  i?..'  Eli,'^  Arthur.^  Jamen,'^ 
Philip,'^  Arthur.-  Arthur,'^)  m.  Feb.  12,  1885,  Arthur  Lewis 
Brown,  in  the  eighth  generation  from  Chad. 

iii.  John,  d.  1771,  m.  Dorcas,  dau.  of  Josiah  and  Elizabeth  Jones, 
and  had  8  children. 

iv.  Phflip,  b.  1692.  na.  Rachel,  b.  May  6.  1698,  dau.  of  Daniel  and 
Rebecca  (Barrow)  Greene,  and  gr.  dau.  of  John  and  Joan 
Greene  of  North  Kingstown.  (Not  John  Greene  Surgeon). 
They  had  12  children,  the  last  5  of  whom  died  voung. 

V.  Chad,  or  Jediah,  b  1696.  d.  March  2:3,  1773  ;  m.  Nov.  15, 
1725,  Elizabeth,  dau  of  David  Major  of  the  island  of 
Guernsey.  She  died  in  Foster,  R.  I.,  leaving  six  children, 
the  eldest  of  whom,  Capt.  Thomax,  b.  Aug.  21,  1726,  m.  for 
his  second  wife,  Martha,  dau.  of  Amos  and  Mary  (Bates) 
Harrington,  and  was  the  great  grandfather  of  Dr.  Homer® 
E.  xlylsworth,  the  compiler  of  "  Arthur  Aylsworth  and  his 
Descendants  in  America,"  Providence,  R.  I.,  1887.  {Perry, ^ 
Elhnnnn,*  Unpt.  TlLomnn.^  Chad.'^  Arthur;^). 

Homer  E.  Aylsworth  was  born  Sept.  8,  1838,  in  Burlington, 
Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  died  at  his  residence,  Roseville, 
Warren  Co.,  111.,  Jan.  30,  1885.  In  his  youth  he  was  a  stud- 
ent of  music,  for  which  he  possessed  talents  of  a  high  order, 
and  subsequently  taught  music,  and  in  the  schools  of 
Michigan  and  Illinois.  In  1861  he  entered  Union  College, 
Schenectady,  N  Y.,  for  the  scientific  course,  where  he 
graduated  in  1863  with  the  degree  of  A.  M.  After  a  year's 
interval  spent  in  teaching,  he  returned  to  Illinois  and  com- 
menced the  study  of  medicine  at  Roseville.  Later  he 
attended  medical  lectures  at  Ann  Arbor,  and  graduated 
at  the  University  of  Michigan  in  1867.  He  engaged  in 
the  active  practice  of  his  profession  at  Roseville  for  a  year, 
and  then  founded  the  Pioneer  Drug  Store,  successfully 
conducting  the  business  until  his  death.  He  was  an  upright 
business  man,  a  pronoiinced  advocate  of  temperance,  and 
an  exemplary  Christian  in  the  MethodLst  Church  with  which 
he  had  been  connected  from  the  age  of  thirteen.  His  death 
was  deeply  lamented  in  the  ccramunity  in  which  he  lived. 
He  married,  June  26,  1867,  Flora  A.  Jones  (adopted  name, 
Eldridge,  foster  daughter  of  Truman  Eldridge).  She  is  a 
descendant  in  the  eighth  generation  from  Arthur  and  Mary 
(Brown)    Aylworth.       Their    three    children    are    Murray 


Third  Generation.  15 

Delong,  b.  May  9,  1870  ;  Mabel  Whitford,  b.  July  20.  1876  ; 
Ivan  Stewart,  b.  March  3,  1878.  The  grandmother  of  Dr. 
H.  E.  Aylsworth  was  Mary  (Harrington)  Aylsworth,  a  great 
grand-daughter  of  Gov.  Joseph  and  Martha  (Brown) 
Jenckes.  Thus  the  present  generation  of  this  family  have 
a  three-fold  descent  from  Chad  Browne. 

vi.  Mary,  m.  John  Greene,  son  of  Benjamin*  and  Humility 
(Coggeshall)  Greene,  and  grandson  of  John  and  Joan  Greene 
of  North  Kingstown  They  had  12  children,  of  whom 
Benjamiv,  the  second,  married  Mercy  Rogers.  From  this 
line  descends  Flora  A.  Eldridge,  who  married  Dr.  H.  E. 
Aylsworth. 

vii.  Elizabeth,  m. Dolliver,  or  Dolover.   She  m.  2d.  Peleg 

Card,  and  had  seven  children. 

viii.  Catharine,  m. Greene. 

ix.  Martha,  m.  before  Dec.  1,  1727,  John  Davis  of  East  Green- 
wich, who  died  before  Feb.  25,  1738. 

The  AyhicoTth  RegMer,  published  in  Utica  in  1840,  by 
Sylvester  Aylsworth,  mentions  another  son  of  Arthur  and 
Mary  (Brown)  Aylsworth,  Thomas,  deaf  and  dumb.  No 
issue. 

*  Daniel  Greene  who  m.  Rebecca  Barrow,  and  Benjamin  were  brothers. 


16  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

FOUETH    GENEEATION. 

8.  JAME8  BROWN  {James,"  John,^  Ghad^),  b.  March  22, 
1698,  d.  April  27,  1739.  The  house  which  he  owned  and  occu- 
pied on  South  Main  Street,  was  afterwards  removed  to  the  south 
side  of  Wickenden  Street,  between  Hope  and  East  Streets,  and 
Mallet's  Building  erected  on  the  site.  It  has  since  been  demol- 
ished. The  following  item  is  from  the  will  of  his  father.  Elder 
James  :  "I  give  unto  my  Eldest  sonne,  James  Browne,  he  hav- 
ing Received  part  of  his  Portion  already,  one  Lot  of  Land  in  the 
Stated  Common  as  it  fell  on  the  Frances  Wickes  Right  as  will 
apj^ear  by  Record,  and  my  severall  Rights  in  the  Ceedar  Swamp 
at  Wanscutt,  '  and  one  quarter  of  my  several  Rights  ip  the 
Thatch  beds.  And  I  give  to  him  my  Create  Bible  and  my  Book 
called  Roberd's  Kev.  I  also  give  him  my  gun  which  was  my 
father's." 

He  m.  Hope,  dan.  of  Nicholas^  and  Mercy  (Tillinghast) 
Power,  and  gr.-dau.  of  Elder  Pardon  &  Lydia  (Tabor)  Tilling- 
hast. He  entered  into  business  shortly  after  his  marriage,  and 
later  his  younger  brother  Obadiah,  became  a  partner.  These 
brothers  were  the  founders  of  the  commercial  house  of  the  Browns. 
His  widow,  Hope  Brown,  survived  him  more  than  fifty  years. 
She  was  born  January  4,  1702,  and  died  June  8, 1792,  in  her  91st 
year.  It  is  recorded  upon  her  tomb-stone  that  she  was  the 
mother  of  Nicholas,  Joseph,  John  and  3Ioses  JBrown. 

CHILDREN. 

i.     Jamr?,  b.  Feb.  12,  1724,  d.  unmarried  at  York,  Va.  in  1750. 
Was  master  of  a  vessel. 

20.   ii.    Nicholas,  b.  July  28,  1729. 

Mary,  b.  1731,  d.  May  20,  1795,  Slie  m.  Dr.  .John  Van- 
derlight,  son  of  .lohn,  and  grand.son  of  Cornelius  Van- 
derlight  of  Steenwyk,*  Holland.  He  was  a  graduate  of 
Leyden  University,  and  the  first  to  give  practical  instruction 
in  anatomy  in  Providence.  He  was  the  principal  druggist 
of  the  town,  and  lived  on  South  Main  Street,  between  Col- 
lege and  Hopkins,  where  his  house,  a  wooden  structure 
erected  in  1745  (Young's  Hotel),  is  still  standing,  in  good 
preservation  and  but  little  changed  in  a])pearance  In  con- 
nection with  his  brothers  in-law,  he  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  candles,  having  brought  with  him  from  Europe 
a  knowledge  of  the  Dutch  process  of  separating  spermaceti 
from  its  oil.  He  d.  Feb.  14,  1755.  Their  only  child,  John, 
d.  Feb.  9,  1755,  aged  ten  months.  After  the  death  of  her 
•  husband,  the  widow  resided  with  her  brother  Moses,  at 
whose  house  she  died. 

31.   iv.    .Joseph,  b.  Dec.  3,  17H3. 

22.  v.     John,  b.  Jan.  27.  17.33. 

23.  vi.    Moses,  b.  Sept.  12,  1728. 

The  names  of  these  sons  will  be  recognized  as  those  of 
"  the  four  l)rother&,"  whose  history  is  intimately  connected 
with  that  of  the  times  in  which  they  lived. 

*  A  town  near  the  eastern  shore  of  Zuider  Zee. 


iT  I V  ) 

Fourth  Generation".  17 

9.  JOSEPH  BROWN  {James,^  Jo/m,^  ChcuP),  b.  May 5, 1701, 
d.  May  8, 1778.  He  lived  iu  North  Providence,  The  following  item 
is  from  the  will  of  his  father,  Elder  James,  of  which  he  and  his 
brother  James  were  the  executors.  "  I  give  to  my  son  Joseph 
Browne,  he  having  received  part  of  his  Portion  already,  Two 
Lotts  which  I  bought  of  Edward  Manton  on  the  north,  Joyneing 
to  the  Land  now  in  possession  of  Job  Harris,  and  on  the  south 
side  with  my  own  Land  :  and  also  the  highway  that  I  bought  of 
the  Towne,  so  far  as  across  the  two  Lotts  ;  and  I  give  him  also 
three  quarters  of  John  Joneses  Eight  in  that  part  Called  the 
stated  Common,  as  it  fell  by  devise  which  may  appear  by 
Record,  And  I  give  him  half  a  Lott  in  the  same  Right  which 
Lies  neare  Waterman's  meadow,  south  westerly  of  Waybauset, 
neare  the  Lime  House  as  may  appeare  by  Record.  I  also  give 
him  one  quarter  of  my  severall  Rights  in  the  Thatch  beds,"  He 
received  £40  from  the  will  of  his  mother,  who  died  in  1736, 

He  m,  Jan.  7,  1737,  Martha,  dan.  of  William  and  Martha 
Field,  and  gr,-dau,  of  Thomas  and  Martha  (Harris)  Field,  The 
latter  was  dan,  of  the  first  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Harris,  She 
d,  April  19,  1736,  in  her  26th  year,  leaving  a  son  Gideon,  men- 
tioned in  the  will  of  his  grandfather  William  Field,  who  also 
alludes  to  an  elder  brother  of  Gideon,  name  unknown.  He  m. 
2d.  Abigail  Waterman,  who  d.  May  23,  1784,  aged  73, 

CHILDREN. 

Joseph,  b.  1739.  d.  March   1S03  ;  m.  .     Had  two  sons. 

Obadiah,  b.  1762,  d.  Feb.  14,  1815,  and  .Joseph,  Jr.,  d.  1791, 
at  the  age  of  16. 

24.  Elish.\,  b  April  1,  1748 

25.  Andrew,  b.  July  80,  17o0. 

10,  ANDREW  BROWN"  {James,''  John,"-  CluuP).  b.  Sept. 
20,  1706,  d.  Feb,  12, 1783,  He  removed  about  1730  to  Glocester, 
where  he  purchased  a  large  tract  of  land  on  the  east  side  of 
Chepachet  river,  in  the  south  part  of  the  town.  Somewhat  later 
his  cousin  Chad  [Ohadiah,^  John,"  Chad''),  bought  adjoining 
laud  on  the  west  side  of  the  river,  two  miles  southeast  of  the 
present  village.  Two  other  cousins,  Othniel  Brown  [ffosanna,'^ 
Daniel,'^  Chad'),  and  Obadiah  Jenckes  {Martha,^  John,^ 
Chad'),  also  settled  in  Glocester,  He  was  admitted  Freeman  in 
May,  1732,  and  was  the  first  town  clerk.  Backus  says  of  him  : 
"He  was  a  .Justice  of  Peace  in  the  State,  and  long  an  exemplary 
Christian  in  the  Baptist  Church," 

The  following  is  from  the  will  of  his  father.  Elder  James  : 
"Item, — I  give  to  my  son,  Andrew,  my  house  at  Chapatsett, 
and  one-half  of  all  my  Land  that  is  Laid  out  to  me  there,  the  one- 
half  beside  six  acres  in  the  Pine  Swamp  which  I  give  to  him,  and 
one-half  of  all  the  Rest  of  my  Land  at  Chapatsett,  for  him  to 
have  the  northermost  part  so  as  to  divide  Equal  by  quantity  : 


18  The  Chad  Brown^  Memorial. 

only  Andrew  to  have  that  six  Acres  by  Reason  of  sum  waste 
Land  in  that  Part  :  I  also  Give  to  my  son,  Andrew,  one  Lott 
of  Land  in  Towne  of  fifty  foot  wide  north  and  sontli,  and  eighty 
foot  long  east  and  west  to  be  against  William  Tnrpins,  joyneing 
on  the  south  to  the  Seator  house  Lott.  I  also  Give  to  my  son, 
Andrew,  one-half  of  my  Eight  of  the  Seven  Mile  line,  that  right 
which  did  belong  to  Chad  Browne,  the  devisions  that  are  already 
agreed  upon  only  excepted."  He  m.  Mary  Knowlton,  dau.  of 
Elisha. 

CHILDREN. 

i.  Anne,  b.  July  7,1734,  m.  Oct.  14.  1756,  Knight^  "Dexter 
{Stephen Moh7i,^  Stephen,^  Gregory-^).  She  d.  Feb.  4,  1759, 
without  issue. 

ii.     Rhoby,  b.  Aug.  6,  1741.  d   j'oung. 

iii.  Elisha,  b.  May  11,  1744,  m.  Huldah  Arnold  of  Sniithfield. 
and  had  8  children.  (1.)  Mary,  b.  Oct,  29,  1768,  m.  Joseph 
Steere  of  Glocester.  She  is  spoken  of  by  the  late  Col. 
George  H.  Browne  as  a  woman  of  intelligence,  to  whom  and 
his  grandfather  Esek,  he  was  indebted  for  information  re- 
garding Andrew  Brown  and  his  descendants.  The  records 
of  the  Glocester  Browns  have  been  derived  largely  from  the 
papers  of  Col.  Browne  compiled  in  1850  to  '52  supplemented 
by  recent  letters  of  Alexander  Eddy,  Esq.,  of  Chepachet, 
and  the  History  of  Glocester,  R.  I.,  by  Elizabeth  A.  Perry, 
published  in  1885.  (2.)  Rhoby,  b.  Oct.  12,  1771,  m.  John 
Hawkins,  and  had  Ara  and  Allen  Hawkins.  She  m.  2d. 
Richard  Burlingame,  and  had  Brown  Burlingame.  Ara 
Hawkins,  who  owned  and  lived  on  the  farm  of  his  great- 
grandfather, Andrew  Brown,  died  recently  at  the  age  of  95. 
Allen  Hawkins  aged  90  is  still  living  (1887).  The  house  oc- 
cupied by  Elisha^  Brown  was  built  for  him  by  his  father, 
Andrew,  who  also  settled  upon  him  a  part  of  his  lands.  (3.) 
Phebe,  b.  Dec.  19,  1773,  m.  Dr.  Ezra  Winsor,  and  removed 
to  Laurens,  N.  Y.     Had  issue.     (4.)     Andrew,  b.  May  24, 

1778,   m.  and  removed  to  Sutton,  Vt.     Had  issue. 

(5.)  Thomas,  b.  May  24,  1778,  m.  Abby,  dau.  of  Capt. 
Solomon  Owen.  (6.)  Anna,  b.  Aug.  15,  1780,  m.  her 
second  cousin,  James  Fenner,  son  of  John  and  Phebe 
(Z?7Wcw)Fenner.  Removed  to  Ohio.  Had  issue.  (7.)  Sarah, 
b.  Oct.  8,  1782,  m.  Daniel  Medbury,  and  had  2  sons  and  4 
daus.  Removed  to  Pomfiet,  Ct.  (8.)  Arnold,  b.  March 
13,  1786,  m.  Feb.  21,  1808,  Betsey,  dau.  of  Capt.  Solomon 
Owen.  He  and  his  brother  Thomas,  each  with  large  families 
removed  about  \%?,Q,  to  Ohio,  where  there  descendants  still 
live.  Andrew  Brown,  son  of  Thomat^,  resides  in  Oxford, 
Ohio,  and  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Arnold,  in  Troy.  Ohio 
Joseph,  son  of  Arnold,  removed  to  La  Fayette,  Indiana. 
The  wives  of  Thoman  and  Arno'd  Brown  were  sisters,  daus. 
of  Capt.  Solomon  Owen,*  who,  after  sailing  many  years  be- 
tween Providence  and  the  East  Indies,  returned  to  his 
native  village,  Chepachet,  where  he  was  •'  proprietor  and 
Keeper  of  an  excellent  public  house  previous  to  the  year 
1800."t 

*  Solomon, <  Thomas,^  Josiah,-  Samue''. 
t  Se«  Hist,  of  Glocester. 


Fourth  (Jesekatiux.  19 

iv.     Kezfah,  b.    June  3,  1745,  m.  Enos  Smith,  and  removed  to 

Nonvicli,  Chenango  Co.,  N.  Y.,    where  their  descendants 

still  live. 
V.      Deborah,    b    June    24,   1747,    m.    Benjamin    Colwell,   and 

removed  to  Whitestone.  N.  Y. 
vi.     L-i-DiA,  b.  Jan.  24,  1751,  m.  Benjamin  Smith,  and  removed  to 

Norwich,  N.  Y. 

11.  ANNA  BROWN  {James,^  John."-  Chad^),  b.  1710,  d. 
Nov.  6,  1776,  is  thus  mentioned  in  the  will  of  her  mother,  July 
20,  1736  :  "To  my  daughter  Ann  Browai,  wearing  apparel,  £100 
due  from  Brother  Toleration  Harris,  &c."  She  was  m.  Jan.  1, 
1738,  to  Samuel^  Comstock,  who  d.  Jan.  16,  1755,  in  his  41st 
year.  [John,^  Samuel,^  Samuel,'^  William'^  of  £>i gland).  The 
records  available  of  her  family  are  fragmentary,  but  the  follow- 
ing account,  though  imperfect,  is  believed  to  be  correct  in  its 
particulars. 

CHILDREN. 

i.       Capt.  Jesse,  b.  1740,  d.  March  8,  1776. 

ii.      Joseph. 

iii.      Samuel. 

iv.  Benjamin.  He  was  the  father  of  Jesse,  Joseph,  William, 
Samuel  and  Benjamin  Comstock,  the  first  three  of  whom 
for  many  years  commanded  packets  between  Providence 
and  New  York.  He  had  also  two  daughters,  Ann  B.  and 
Salli/  B  Ann  B.  was  m.  Nov.  20,  1808,  to  Samuel* 
Thurber,  Jr.  {Samuel.^  Samuel. "^  Samuel,^  James,-  John'^), 
and  had  (1)  Mary,  m.  Ira  Winsor  ;  (2)  Benjamin  C,  d.  Sept. 
7,  1840  ;  (8)  Samuel,  d.  March  19,  1835  ;  (4)  George  I.,  d. 
Jan.  6,  1856  ;  (5)  Joseph,  d.  Nov.  5,  1820.  Sally  B.,  b.  June 
27,  1780,  d.  Feb.  16,  1873.  was  m.  to  her  cousin  Samuel 
Comstock,  and  had  two  daughters,  Maria  Ann.  b.  in  Lans- 
ingburgh,  N.  Y.,  April  5,  1805,  d.  in  Providence,  April  25, 
1871,  and  Martha,  b.  1807.  Maria  A.  Com.stock  was  m.  to 
Capt.  William  H.  Townsend,  b.  in  Newport,  Dec.  31,  1802, 
d.  in  Providence,  July  23,  1880.  One  of  their  sons,  Capt. 
Benjamin  C.  Townsend,  b.  Nov.  15,  1827,  perished  by  ship- 
wreck of  British  bark  "Guardian  Angel,"  off  the  coast  of 
Wales,  Dec.  2,  1867.  His  remains  were  recovered  and 
interred  in  the  Cemetery  at  Pensarn,  Abergele,  Wales. 
Martha  Comstock,  b.  18u7,  died  of  cholera  in  Roxbury, 
Mass.,  Aug.  29,  1849.  She  was  m.  to  Col.  Almon  Danforth 
Hodges,  b.  in  Norton,  Mass.,  Jan.  25,  1801,  d.  in  Ports- 
mouth, R.  I.,  his  summer  residence,  Sept.  27.  1878.  He 
was  President  of  the  New  England  Hist.  Genealogical 
Societv  from  1859  to  1861.     They  had  8  children. 

v.  Martha";  b.  Feb.  24,  1744,  d.  Dec.  8,  1802,  was  m.  July  10, 
1765,  to  Richard «  Eddy,  b.  Dec.  11,  1736,  d.  Oct.  20,  1784. 
{Joiuithati.^  Joshua,*  Zachnriali ,'^  Samuel-  Rev.  \Villinm 
Eddye."^)  After  the  birth  of  his  children,  he  removed  from 
Johnston  to  Providence,  where  he  was  Steward  of  the  Col- 
lege. His  widow  was  m.  second,  Feb.  15,  1786,  to  David 
Bucklin.     No  is.sue  by  second  marriage. 


20  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

CHILDREN  (by  first  husband). 

(1.)  Moses,  b  March  26,  1766,  d.  May  29,  1823  ;  m.  Oct.  17.  1794, 
Hannah  Carpenter,  who  d.  May  14,  1838.  Of  their  six 
children,  Atmn,  b.  July  5.  1796,  was  m.  Oct.  5,  1820,  to 
Reuben  Torrey  and  had  children,  one  of  whom,  Moses  E. 
Torrey,  is  Cashier  of  the  Roger  Williams  Bank,  Providence. 
H'lnnah,  b.  Oct.  16,  1799,  m.  Richard  Evans. 

(2.)  Samuel,  b.  March  81,  1769,  d.  Feb  3,  1839. 

(3.)  Jonathan,  b.  Jan.  21,  1772,  d.  Aug.  25,  1800. 

The  second  son,  Hon.  Samuel  Eddy,  LL.  D  *  graduated  at 
Brown  University  in  1787,  and  later  studied  law,  but  did  not 
long  practice  it.  He  was  clerk  of  the  Supreme  Judicial 
Court  for  the  county  of  Providence  from  1790-93;  Secretary 
of  State  from  1798-1819;  Member  of  Congress  from  1819-2.5, 
and  Chief  Justice  of  the  Superior  Court  of  R.  I.  from  1827 
until  June,  1835,  when  ill-health  compelled  him  to  retire 
from  public  life.  He  performed  the  duties  of  these  various 
offices  with  great  credit  to  himself  aud  satisfaction  to  the 
people  of  his  native  State.  "Throughout  his  long  and 
useful  life  he  was  diligent  in  the  cultivation  of  his  intellec- 
tual powers.  At  one  time  he  gave  his  attention  almost 
exclusively  to  studies  connected  with  the  evidences,  doctrines 
and  duties  of  religion  At  a  subsequent  period,  he  devoted 
much  of  his  leisure  to  the  physical  sciences,  such  as  geology, 
mineralogy,  and  especially  conchology,  to  illustrate  which 
he  made  very  creditable  collections.  The  Transactions  of 
the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society  are  enriched  with 
several  contributions  from  his  pen."  His  portrait  is  in  pos- 
se.ssion  of  the  R.  I.  Historical  Society. 

Judge  Eddy  had  four  wives.  He  m.  first.  Nov.  11,  1792, 
Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Samuel  and  Eliza  (Carpenter)  Bucklin, 
b.  Sept.  20,  1768,  d.  Oct.  27,  1799.  Of  their  three  children, 
Martha,"  the  eldest,  b.  Sept.  2,  1793  m,  Dec.  10,  I8l4,  Oroo- 
dates  Mauran,  son  of  Joseph  Carlo  Mauran,  a  native  of 
Villa  Franca.  Italy.  He  m.  2d.,  Dec.  2,  1801,  Martha,  dau. 
of  James  and  Ann  (Angell)  Wheaton,  I).  Oct.  22,  1780,  d. 
Feb.  1,  18)8.  They  had  six  children,  five  of  whom  died 
young.  Mary,"'  the  second  child,  b.  April  16,  1804,  m.  Wil- 
liam Chase.  He  m.  3d.,  April  2-t,  1809.  Naomi  Annf,  dau. 
of  Elisha  and  Anna  (Fenner)  Angell,  b.  March  7,  17H8,  d. 
Feb.  13,  1817.  She  was  in  the  eighth  generation  from  Chad 
Brown,  the  seventh  from  John  Smith,  the  Miller,  and  the 
sixth   from  Thomas  Angell  . 

Of  their  four  children,  only  ^?^wa,''' the  eldest,  survived 
infancy.  She  was  i).  Dec  15,  1810,  d.  Jan.  25,  1881  ;  was 
m.  Aug  15,  1831,  to  George  M.  Richmond,  They  had  five 
children,  a  daughter  and  four  .sons.  Two  of  the  latter  died 
young. 

Judge  Eddy  m.  4th,  Oct.  7,  1824,  Sarah  Howell,  widow  of 
Gamaliel  Lyman  Dwight,  and  dau.  of  David  and  Mary 
(Brown)  Howell.  She  was  b.  Feb.  1,  1781.  d.  Feb.  23,  1860. 
survaving  her  husband  twenty  years.  Thej'  were  second 
cousins,  both  being  in  the  sixth  generation  from  Chad 
Browne,  aud  in  the  fourth  from  Elder  James  Brown.  No 
issiie  by  last  marriage. 

But  a  small  portion  of  the  posterity  of  Anna  (Brown)  Com- 
stock  IS  represented  in  the  above  account.  One  of  her  descend  - 

*  See  Eddy  Genealosy  and  Writings  of  William  G.  Goddard. 
+  A  descendant  of  Isabel  (Brown)  Smith.    See  No.  3. 


Fourth  Generatiox.  21 

ants,  Capt.  Jesse,  son  of  Jesse  and  Ann  Comstock,  perished 
in  Long  Island  Sound  on  tlie  evening  of  Jan.  13,  1840,  by 
the  burning  of  the  Steamboat  Lexington,  aged  20  years 
and  7  months.  Capt.  Joseph  Comstock,  long  a  popular 
commander  of  the  Collins  Line  of  Steamers,  died  in  New 
York,  Aug.  16,  18oS.  He  was  well  known  as  a  faithful, 
vigilant  and  competent  seaman,  and  was  selected  by  Mr. 
Webb  to  take  the  Ram  Dunderburg  to  France. 

12.  OBaDIAH  brown  {James,^  John,''-  ChwP),  b.  Oct. 
12,  1712,  m.  June  15,  1737,  his  first  cousin,  Mary  Harris,  dau. 
of  his  uncle  Toleration  Harris,  whose  wife  was  Sarah  Foster.  She 
wash.  Dec.  18,  1718.  They  lived  on  North  Main  St.  at  the 
foot  of  Waterman,  the  site  now  occupied  by  the  Arnold  Block, 
which  was  erected  by  his  grandson,  James  Arnold,  in  1853. 
James,  an  older  brother,  and  Obadiah  Avere  the  founders  of  the 
commercial  house  of  the  Browns.  After  the  death  of  James,  as 
his  sons  attained  manhood  they  became  partners  with  their 
uncle  Obadiah,  and  at  the  death  of  the  latter,  Nicholas,  Joseph 
and  John  were  associated  with  him  in  business.  Their  sticcess 
in  after  years  bore  testimony  to  the  excellence  of  the  training  re- 
ceived from  his  example  and  instructions. 

The  following  item  is  from  the  will  of  his  father,  Elder 
James  :  "'I  give  to  my  Sonne  Obadiah  one  half  of  my  Land  at 
Chepatsett,  only  that  six  acres  which  I  gave  to  Andrew,  btit  my 
will  is  that  he  shall  have  the  one  half  of  all  the  rest  of  my  Land 
at  Chepatsett,  and  that  Obadiah  shall  have  his  halfe  on  the 
south  part  adjoyneing  to  Samuel  Winsors  Land  :  to  be  equally 
divided  to  him  by  quantity.  And  I  give  him  one  Lott  of  Land 
in  Towne  joyneing  to  that  which  I  gave  to  Andrew  against 
William  Turpins  of  fifty  foot  wide  north  and  south,  and  eighty 
foot  long  east  and  west,  Joyneing  to  the  Towne  Streets  and  I 
give  unto  him  one  half  of  frances  Wickes  Eight  on  the  west  side 
of  the  seven  mile  Line,  the  divisions  Already  agreed  upon  only 
excepted." 

Obadiah  Brown  was  a  public  spirited  citizen,  and,  though  his 
time  was  largely  given  to  business,  took  a  deep  interest  in  all 
matters  pertaining  to  the  welfare  of  the  town  and  colony.  He 
was  especially  active  in  the  contest  against  paper  money.  He 
died  in  the  50th  year  of  his  age,  and  was  buried  in  the  North 
Ground.  The  inscription  on  his  tombstone  is  as  follows  :  "In 
Memory  of  Obadiah  Brown,  Esquire,  Who  departed  this  Life 
the  seventeenth  of  June,  MDCCLXII,  Aged  forty-nine  years, 
eight  months  and  four  days.  Descended  of  a  Good  Family.  He 
had  strong  natural  Powers,  Guided  with  exquisite  Judgment ; 
was  honest,  industrious,  frugal,  Temperate,  aifable,  benevolent  ; 
A  grave  Magistrate,  a  Kind  Husband.  Tender  Parent,  A  perfect 
Pattern  for  Masters,  And  all  useful  Men. 

As  our  country  suffers  when  the  useful  die. 
Heal  up  the  13 reach  by  following  their  Example." 


22  The  Chad  Brown  Mp:morial. 

They  had  4  sons  and  4  dans.,  but  the  sons  all  died  young. 
The  daughters  lived  to  maturity.  Of  these  children.  Phebe  was 
the  eldest,  Sarah,  the  third,  An?ia,  the  fourth,  and  Mciry,  the 
eighth  child. 

i.  Phebe, 5  b.  April  21, 17B8,  m.  July  11,  1758,  John  Fenner,  son 
of  Hon.  Arthur  and  Mary  (Olney)  Fenner,  gr.  son  of  Major 
Thomas,  and  g.  gr.  son  of  Capt.  Arthur  Fenner.  He  was  b 
Oct.  2,  1739,  and  was  an  elder  brother  of  Gov.  Arthur 
Fenner  His  maternal  grandmother,  Hallelujah  Brown, 
wife. of  Capt.  James  Olney,  was  dau.  of  Daniel  Brown  and 
gr.  dau  of  Chad.^  They  lived  on  a  large  farm  in  Glocesler. 
some  three  miles  south  of  Chepachet,  the  property  of  her 
father.  The  name  of  John  Fenner  occurs  in  a  record  of  the 
families  in  the  town  of  Glocester,  taken  in  June.  1774,  by 
order  of  the  General  Assembly  He  was  a  slaveholder,  as  is 
evident  from  the  following  advertisement  which  appeared 
in  the  Providence  Gazette,  Oct.  18.  1777  : 

"  Run  away  from  John  Fenner,  of  Glocester,  a  negro 
man  named  Yockwhy,  about  28  years  of  age,  5  ft.  8  inches 
high,  marked  on  both  cheeks  ;  had  on  and  took  with  him  a 
light  cloth-colored  homespun  coat,  with  wooden  buttons, 
breeches  of  the  same  color,  blue  serge  jacket,  pair  of  good 
leather  breeches,  a  tine  Holland  shirt,  a  tine  tow  shirt,  a  new 
pair  of  thread  stockings,  one  pair  of  new  dark  worsted 
stockings,  one  pair  of  white  ribbed  yarn  do.,  one  dark  silk 
handkerchief,  one  linen  do.,  one  good  castor  hat  without 
loops,  one  felt  do.,  one  pair  of  shoes  with  strings,  one  pair 
of  silver  sleeve  buttons.  Whoever  will  take  up  and  secure 
said  negro,  and  return  him  to  his  master,  shall  have  six 
dollars  reward  All  masters  of  vessels  are  forbidden  to  carry 
off  said  negro  at  their  peril." 

(Signed)  JOHN  FENNER. 

They  had  four  children  :  (1).   Obadiah,  of  Foster,  settled 
,  in  his  youth  on  the  farm  where  he  spent  his  life,  attaining 

the  age  of  90  or  over.  Tlie  trees  which  he  planted  in  front 
of  the  house,  attained  their  full  size  during  his  life  time, 
notwithstanding  the  prophecy  of  some  one  who  spoke  dis- 
paragingly of  his  labor,  telling  him  that  he  would  not  live 
to  reap  the  reward  He  often  told  the  story,  adding  "I 
have  lived  to  see  them  grow  up.  '  His  name  occurs  in  the 
list  of  freemen  who  voted  against  the  new  constitution  in 
1788.  (2.)  James  m.  his  second  cousin  Anna  Brown, 
{EUsha,  Andrew,  Jam's,  John,  Chad).  (See  No.  10.)  They 
removed  to  Nelson  Township,  Miami  Co.  Ohio.  (3.)  Wil- 
liam, kept  a  tavern  on  Sterling  Hill.  (4).  Mary,  m.  Charles 
Harris,  of  Scituate,  R.  I. 

26.  iii.  Sarah,-  b.  Sept.  24,  1742. 

iv.  Anna,»  b.  Nov.  28.  1744,  m.  Jan.  1,  1764,  her  cousin  Moses 
Brown.  (James,  James,  John,  Chad).  (See  No.  23.)  She  d. 
Feb.  5,  1773,  leaving  two  children,  Sarah  and  Obadiah. 

27.  viii.  Mary,  5  b.  Nov.  25,  1753. 

J 3.  CAPT.  JEREMIAH  BROWN  (./amts,^  e/o/m/  Ohad^), 
b,  Nov.  25,  1715,  was  lost  at  sea  in  the  winter  of  1740-41.  He 
m.  Waitstill,  dau.  of  William  and  Mary  (Sheldon)  Rhodes,  gr.- 
dau.  of  John  and  Waite  (Waterman)  Rhodes  and  gr.  gr.-dau.  of 


Fourth  Generation.  23 

Zachary  and  Joanna  (Arnold)  Kliodes.  She  was  a  descendant 
of  Roger  Williams  in  the  fifth  generation  through  her  grand- 
mother, Waite  Waterman,  who  was  dan.  of  Resolved  and  Mercy 
(Williams)  Waterman,  and  gr.-dau.  of  both  Roger  Williams  and 
Richard  Waterman,  She  was  b.  Feb.  8,  1723,  and  d.  Oct.  31, 
1783.  She  m.  2d  Jan.  20,  1745,  Captain  George  Corlis,  whod. 
June  16,  1790,  in  his  73d  year.  Several  generations  later,  tAvo 
of  the  descendants  of  their  daughter  Sarah  Corlis,  intermarried 
in  the  Ives  and  Goddard  families,  of  the  posterity  of  Nicholas 
Brown.     (See  Nos.  72  and  74). 

CHILD. 

28.    i.     Mary,  b.  July  28,  1740. 

14.  ELISHA  BROWN,  {James,^  John,\ChacP),  b.  May  25, 
1717,  was  a  man  of  great  ability  and  enterprise,  and  possessed  at 
one  time  a  large  projjerty,  but  was  afterwards  unfortunate  in 
business,  and  lost  the  greater  part  of  it.  He  was  a  prominent 
politician,  and  for  some  years  a  member  of  the  General  Assembly. 
During  the  Ward-Hopkins  controversy  he  supported  Gov.  Ward, 
and  served  as  Deputy  Governor  of  the  Colony  of  Rhode  Island 
from  1765-67. 

The  following  item  is  from  the  will  of  his  father,  Elder 
James  :  '"  I  give  to  Jeremiah  and  Elisha,  my  two  sons,  my 
homestead  where  my  house  stands,  my  meadow  Paster,  Orchard, 
woodland,  all  my  laud  lying  between  the  Towne  Street  and  that 
highway  in  the  neck  by  Justice  Brown's.  All  that  I  have  not 
disposed  of  in  this  way,  I  give  to  them  to  be  divided  between 
them,  and  that  Land  whicli  I  bought  of  Israel  Harding  and  all 
my  Laud  ajoyneing  thereabout  to  the  West  River  on  both  sides 
of  the  River,  and  my  meadow  at  Wainscutt,  norwest  from  the 
Pine  hill,  and  also  my  new  field  in  that  part  Called  the  Stated 
Common,  I  give  unto  them;  also  one  half  of  all  my  rights  in  the 
Thatch  bed,  each  of  them  one  quarter  :  all  to  be  equally  Devided 
between  them.  And  my  will  is  that  my  two  youngest  eons, 
Jeremiah  and  Elisha,  shall  take  care  of  their  mother." 

From  the  will  of  their  mother,  widow  Mary,  dated  July  20, 
1736,  Jeremiah  and  Elisha  received  33^  acres  in  Smithfield, 
given  her  by  her  brother,  Andrew  Harris.  To  Jeremiah  she  left 
the  apprentice  boy,  Othuiel  Hearnden,  and  to  Elisha,  the  negro 
boy  Cuffey.  The  homestead  of  Elisha  Brown  was  on  North 
Main,  north  of  Olney  Street.  It  stood  in  an  orchard,  with  its 
gable  end  to  the  street,  and  the  door  to  the  South.  The  Church 
of  the  Redeemer  was  built  upon  the  site  in  1859,  the  house  hav- 
ing been  moved  a  little  to  the  N.  E.  and  a  basement  added.  It 
is  now  approached  through  Riley  street.  The  stone  bearing  the 
inscription  E.  B.  1749,  which  formerly  formed  a  part  of  the 
wall  in  front  of  the  house,  has  been  placed  in  the  underpinning 
of  the  church,  near  the  robing  room.    He  afterwards  removed  to 


24  The  Chad  Browx  Memorial. 

Wenscntt,  N.  Providence,  some  distance  to  the  west  of  the 
locality  now  bearing  that  name.  The  honse  which  he  occupied 
has  been  demolished  and  a  new  one  bnilt  on  the  site.  He  d. 
April  20,  1802,  and  according  to  the  testimony  of  Moses  Brown, 
in  the  Quaker  records,  was  ''  buried  in  public  burying  ground  by 
his  wife  Martha."  Late  in  life,  he  became  a  Friend,  and  his 
grave  was  unmarked  by  a  head  stone. 

He  m.  Martha,  dau.  of  John  and  Deborah  (Angell)  Smith,  b. 
April  3,  1719,  the  onlv  child  of  lier  parents.  Her  father,  John 
Smith,  the  Fuller,  d.  May  24, 1T19,  shortly  after  her  birth.  She 
was  gr.-dau.  of  James  and  Abigail  (Dexter)  Angell,  and  g.  gr.- 
dau.  of  the  first  Thomas  xVngell  and  Gregory  Dexter.  In  con- 
sequence of  the  failure  of  male  heirs  in  the  direct  line,  the  grist 
mill  and  adjoining  territory  reverted  to  Martha  (Smith)  Brown, 
and  was  recovered  by  her  as  heir-at-law  to  Charles  Smith,  (son 
of  her  uncle  Philip  Smith,  Miller)  at  a  Superior  Court  held  at 
Providence  in  March,  1754.  This  subdivision  of  the  Home 
Seat  of  John  Smith,  Miller,  comprised  the  land  now  known  as 
Smith's  Hill,  between  Smith  Street  on  the  south  and  Orms  Street 
on  the  north,  and  extended  to  the  Moshassuck  Eiver.  It  was 
called  Charlestown,  and  after  the  building  of  the  first  Mill  Street 
Bridge,  in  1733,  was  the  most  populous  part  of  the  town.  The 
first  plat  of  house  lots  in  Providence  was  made  at  this  time  for 
the  John  Smith  heirs  by  Stephen  Jackson,  and  bears  date  of 
May  15,  1754.  This  map  was  copied  Dec.  12,  1797,  by  Jeremiah 
B.  Howell,  and  subsequently,  Henry  T.  Beckwithin  Aug.  1,  1859, 
made  a  copy  of  the  Howell  Map.  Kecent  copies  of  the  Beck- 
with  Map  by  Charles.  F.  Wilcox  in  March,  1886,  have  preserved 
to  the  descendants  of  Martha  (Smith)  Brown  a  correct  knowl- 
edge of  the  landed  estate  of  their  ancestors.  Portions  of  this 
land  still  remain  in  possession  of  the  family.  In  the  will  of 
Martha  Brown,  July,  1760,  lot  no.  19  near  the  junction  of  Orms 
and  Charles  Streets,  is  mentioned  as  the  burial  place  of  the 
Smiths. 

Martha,  d.  Sept.  1,  1760,  in  the  42d  year  of  her  age,  leaving 
six  sons.  Elisha  Brown  m.  2d.,  Feb.  22,  1761,  Hannah,  widow 
of  Elijah  Cushing,*  and  dau.  of  James  Barker,  of  Newport. 
She  was  b.  May  — ,  1721.  Her  children  are  thus  enumerated  in 
the  will  of  Xehemiah  Cushing,  as  "children  of  my  late  son, 
Elijah  :  Mary  Brown,  Deborah,  Lydia  Howland,  Elijah, 
Elizabeth,  Isaac  and  Sarah."  The  eldest  of  these,  Mary  Cush- 
ing, m.  Jeremiah  Brown,  third  son  of  Elisha.  Elizabeth  Cush- 
ing m.  Benjamin  Taylor,  who  in  1809  bouglit  and  occupied  the 
south  jDart  of  the  brick  house  on  North  Main  Street,  near  Olney, 
built  about  1760  by  Elisha  Brown.  (See  illustration).  The 
only  child  of  Elisha  and  Hannah  Brown  was  a  dau.  Martha,  who 
died  at  the  age  of  nine  months. 

*  Matthew  Cushing.  the  emigrant  ancestor  of  the  Cushings  in  New  England,  came 
from  Hingham.  Norfolk  Co.,  Eng.,  in  1638,  and  founded  the  town  of  Hingham,  Mass. 
For  coat  of  arms  see  Auierica  Heraldica,  New  York,  1887. 


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CHILDREN  OF  ELISHA  AND  MARTHA  (SMITH)  BROWN. 


Deborah,  b. .  1740;   d.  July  7,  1745.     The  inscription 

on  her  stone  in  the  North  Burial  ground  reads  thus  : 
On  }"■  Sixth,  this  infant  with  pleasant  smiles  did  play, 
And  on  y^  Seventh,  the  Lord  took  her  away. 
John.  b.  Jan.  28,  1742. 
James,  b.  April  37,  1744. 
Jeremiah,  b   Dec  28,  1746. 
Elisha.  b.  June  1,   1749. 
Isaac,  b.  May  23,  1751. 

Martha,  b  April  17.  17J54  ;   d.  June  27,  1755. 
Smith,  b.  April! 2.  1756. 
A  daughter,  d.  June  26,  1760,  aged  seven  days. 


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The  old  brick  house  built  by  Deputy  Governor  Elisha  Brown,  about  the 
year  1760,  on  North  Main  Street,  north  of  Olne.y,  Providence.  Original 
dimensions,  72  x  28  feet.  The  per])endicular  line  shown  on  the  front 
represents  the  line  of  separation  between  the  part  j'et  standing  and  the 
northern  half  part,  which  was  demolished  between  1809  and  1817.  on 
account  of  an  insecure  foundation  which  threatened  a  collapse. 

EXPLANATORY  NOTES  * 

Recent  investigations  prove  that  the  part  of  the  brick  building  yet  stand- 
ing is  a  counterpart  of  the  portion  demolished.  Hence  the  published 
statement,  based  upon  conjecture  (that  seemed  reasonable  in  the  absence  of 

*  This  account  was  furnished  by  Mr.  Albert  Holbrook,  of  Providence,  whose  investiga- 
tions settled  a  dispute  relative  to  the  original  size  of  the  building,  and  who  presented 
the  accompanving  ilkistration. 

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CHILDREN  OF  ELISHA  AND  MARTHA  (SMITH)  BROWN. 


Deborah,  b. .  1740;   d.  July  7,  1745.     The  inscription 

on  her  stone  in  the  North  Burial  ground  reads  thus  : 
On  y"  Sixth,  this  infant  with  pleasant  smiles  did  play, 
And  on  ye  Seventh,  the  Lord  took  her  away. 
John,  h.  Jan.  28,  1742. 
James,  b.  April  27,  1744. 
Jeremiah,  b   Dec  28,  1746. 
Elisha.  b.  June  1,  1749. 
Isaac,  b.  May  23,  1751. 

Mabtha,  b  April  17,  17o4  ;   d.  June  27,  1755. 
Smith,  b.  Aprin2,  1756. 
A  daughter,  d.  June  26,  1760,  aged  seven  days. 


29. 

ii. 

30. 

in. 

31. 

IV. 

32. 

V. 

33. 

VI. 

Vll. 

34. 

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IX. 

The  Elisha  Brown  Housk. 

The  old  brick  house  built  by  Deputy  Governor  Elisha  Brown,  about  the 
year  1760,  on  North  Main  Street,  north  of  Olney,  Providence.  Original 
dimensions,  72  x  28  feet.  The  perixnidicular  line  shown  on  the  front 
represents  the  line  of  separation  between  the  part  j'et  standing  and  the 
northern  half  part,  which  was  demolished  between  1809  and  1817.  on 
account  of  an  insecure  foundation  which  threatened  a  collapse. 

EXPLANATORY  NOTES  * 

Recent  investigations  prove  that  the  part  of  the  brick  building  yet  stand- 
ing is  a  counterpart  of  the  portion  demolished.  Hence  the  published 
statement,  based  upon  conjecture  (that  seemed  reasonable  in  the  absence  of 

*  This  account  was  furnished  by  Mr.  Albert  Holbrook,  of  Providence,  whose  investiga- 
tions settled  a  dispute  relative  to  "the  original  size  of  the  building,  and  who  presented 
the  accompanving  illustration. 

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26  The  Chad  Browx  Memorial. 

positive  information)  tliat  the  centre  of  the  three  north  windows  was  the 
centre  of  the  street  line  of  the  buildin^^,  is  erroneous.  Mr.  Brown  sold  the 
estate  to  Paul  Bunker,  of  Nautucket/Aug.  31,  1770.  The  next  owner  was 
Thomas  Jenkins,  also  of  Nantucket,  who  bought  it  April  13.  1776.  He 
removed  to  Providence  about  that  time,  and  probably,  at  first,  occupied  it 
as  a  home,  though  he  subsequently  lived  at  the  south  end  of  the  town. 
Under  his  ownership  the  estate  was  divided,  the  south  part  which  yet 
remains  standing,  being  sold  to  Samuel  Hamlin,  Pewterer,  of  Providence, 
Nov.  12,  1783.  It  was  next  owned  by  Esek  Aldrich,  innkeeper,  who  sold 
it  Jan.  3,  1787,  to  Capt.  James  Westcott.  He  sold  it,  Sept.  10,  1809,  to 
Benjamin  Taylor,  whose  wife,  Elizabeth  Gushing,  was  a  stepdaughter  of 
Elisha  Brown.  The  present  owner  is  Lewis  Taylor  Hubbard,  a  grandson 
of  Benjamin  Taylor. 

The  north  part  was  sold  b}^  Thomas  Jenkins.  Sept  22,  1784,  to  Deborah 
Jenkins  widow  of  his  brother  Benjamin.  After  her  removal  to  Hudson. 
N.  Y. .  she  sold  it  Jime  4,  1791,  to  James  Graves,  whose  wife  Hope,  owned 
adjoining  property.  When  next  sold  to  Earl  D.  Pearce,  April  5,*  18 17,  the 
northern  part  had  been  taken  down.  For  many  years  a  small  frame 
cottage  has  occupied  the  site. 

15.  CHAD  BROWNE,  (  Obadiah,^  John,^-  Ghad^),  b.Oct.  13, 
1705,  removed  about  1730  to  Glocester,  E.  I.  aud  settled  upon  a 
large  tract  of  land  on  the  west  side  of  Cliepachet  river,  about 
two  miles  southeast  of  the  j^resent  village.  This  was  i)robably 
the  land  deeded  to  him  by  his  brother,  John  Browne,  Jr.,  and 
adjoined  that  of  his  cousin  Andrew  on  the  east  side  of  the  river. 
At  the  present  time  it  remains  largely  in  possession  of  his 
descendants.  His  house  is  not  now  standing.  He  m.  Sarah 
Smith,  who  may  have  been  dau,  of  Elisha  and  Experience 
(Mowry)  Smith,  and  had  3  sons  and  2  daus. 

CHILDREN. 

i.  Obadiah,  lived  in  the  homestead  of  his  father  Chad,  where 
he  died,  Dec.  19,  1789.  He  was  a  schoolmaster,  and  posses- 
sed considerable  learning  for  that  time,  though  he  never 
attended  school  a  day.  He  had  three  wives,  the  last  of  whom 
was  Anna  Lovell.  A  marriage  contract  between  himself 
and  one  of  his  intended  wives  is  remarkable  for  the  plainness 
and  beauty  of  the  chirography.  He  had  three  children, 
Martha,   Nancy  and   Mary.      Of  these   Martha  m.    Peter 

Coombs,  3d.   Tripp,  and   8d,  Abraham  Clarke.     By 

2d  husband,  she  had  a  dau.  Irene,  and  by  3d  husband, 
four  children,  one  of  whom  named  Chad,  lived,  in  1851, 
near  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  Abraham  and  Martha  occupied  the 
homestead  of  her  grandfather  Chad.  The  name  of  Abraham 
Clark  appears  in  the  list  of  freemen  who  voted  against  the 

adoption   of   the   constitution   in    1788.      Nancy  m.  

Fiske  and  removed  to  Cooperstown,  N.  Y  They  had 
children,  one  of  whom  was  Chad.  Mary  m.  Benjamin 
Jencks  and  removed  to  Ludlow,  Mass.     Had  issue. 

35.  ii.       Elisha,  m.  Sarah  Olney. 

36.  iii.      Jesse,  b.  in  1739. 

iv.  Dorcas,  was  m.  Jan.,  1753,  to  Lawrence^  Southwick,  b 
Jan.  11,  1731,  d.  1810.  (Daniel,'^  Latcrence.^  Daniel,^ 
Lawrence^)  She  d.  in  1758.  leaving  three  children.  (1) 
Sarah,  b.  April  27,  1754,  d.  Feb.  14.  1836  ;  was  m.  Nov.  4, 
1774,  to  Benedict  Arnold,  of  Burrilhille,  and  had  William 


Fourth  Gener.vtion.  27 

and  Benedict  Arnold,  and  other  children.  (2)  EUsha,  b. 
Feb.  17.  1757,  m.  xlug.  16,  1777,  Margaret  Moshier,  and 
settled  in  Danhy,  Vt.,  where  he  kept  a  tavern.  He  removed 
in  1811  to  Scipio,  Ca3^uga  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  died  there  in 
18 U,  at  the  age  of  84.  They  had  five  children  :  Waity. 
Daniel.  Cynthia,  Sophronia.  Phebe.  (8)  Ruth,  b.  1758,  d. 
young.  Daniel  Southwick,  father  of  Lawrence,  was  a  dis- 
tinguished preacher  of  the  Society  of  Friends  in  Uxbridge, 
Mass.,  where  he  carried  on  the  business  of  tanning.  Law- 
rence^ Southwick  and  his  wife  Cassandra  emigrated  in  1696 
from  Lancashire.  Eng. ,  to  Salem.  3Iass. 
V.  Mary.  m.  Stephen  Aldrich,  of  Northbridge,  Mass..  and 
removed  to  Long  Island,  where  their  descendants  still  live. 

1 6.  OBADIAH  JEXCKES  (  Martha,  e  John,  2  Chad^ ),  second 
son  of  Gov.  Joseph  Jenckes.  lived  in  Glocester,  Avliere  he  ra. 
May  21,  17L3,  Alice,  dau.  of  Zaehariah  and  Mercy  (Baker)  Eddy, 
b.  Jan.  5, 1694.  {Zaehariah,^  Zaehariah,^  Samuel,  the  Pllgrini.,'^ 
Rev.  William  Eddye'^)  At  a  town  meeting  called  March  16, 
1731,  to  organize  the  town  of  Glocester,  Obadiah  Jenckes  was 
chosen  one  of  the  town  conncihnen.  In  1736  the  name  of 
Obadiah  Jenckes,  Jr.,  occurs  among  the  Freemen  of  Glocester  ; 
that  of  John  Jenckes  in  17;39.  and  of  Zaehariah  Jenckes  in  174:6. 
They  were  probably  sons  of  Obadiah.  John  Jenckes,  Jr.,  was  a 
member  of  the  Smithfield  Grenadiers  in  1791,  and  may  have 
been  grandson  of  Obadiah. 

In  the  Sayles  Pedigree  it  is  stated  that  Martha  Jenckes,^  dau. 
of  Obadiah,  m.  Daniel  Hopkins^  [Ezekiel,^  Thomas,^* William, 
and  Joanna,  [Arnold)  Hopkins^ .) 

Amey  Hopkins,^  dau.  of  Daniel  and  Martha,  b.  1742,  d. 
1782,  m.  1760,  Emor'  Olney  (James, ^  Epenetus,^  Epenetus,- 
Thomas'^) . 

Paris  Olney,''  son  of  Emor  and  Amey,  b.  1770,  d.  1850,  m. 
Mercy  Winsor*'  [Jeremiah,^  Joiliua,'^  Joshua,^  Samuel," 
Joshua'^).  She  was  b.  Aug.  31,  1769.  Mary  Ann  Olney, ^ 
dau.  of  Paris  and  Mercy,  b.  June  21,  1803,  d.  Sept.  11,  1878, 
m.  Dec.  25,  1822,  Clark  Sayles"  [Ahab,^  Israel,^  Richard,'^ 
John,'^  John,^).  Of  the  five  children  of  the  latter,  two  only 
survived  infancy — William  Francis  and  Frederick  Clark. 

i.  William  FEAisrciis  Sayles,''  b.  Sept.  20,  1824,  m.  Oct.  30, 
1849,  Mary  Wilkinson,  dau.  of  Benjamin  and  Mary  (Wilkinson) 
Fessenden,  of  Valley  Falls,  E.  I.  She  was  b.  Oct.  24,  1827, 
and  d.  Sept.  20,  1886.  They  had  six  children.  (1.)  Mary  Eessen- 
den,'^^\).  Sept.  29,  1850,  was  m.  May  21,  1872  to  Eoscoe  Stetson 
"Washburn,  b.  July  11,  1847.  son  of  Oliver  A.  Washburn,  Jr., 
and  his  wife  Matilda  (King)  Washburn.  They  have  had  four 
children,  viz.:  Morris  King,  11  b.  Oct.  3,^1872;  William 
Francis  Savles,  11  b.  Sept.  3,  1874,  d.  Aug.  19,  1879;  Roscoe 
Clifton, 11  b.  June,  1887;  John  Fessenden,ii  b.  March  8,  1879, 
d.  Aug.'  27,  1882. 

(2.)  Louise,^^    b.   April   24,    1853,   d.    Aug.   16,    1859.     (3.) 


'28  The  Chad  Brown  Memoeial. 

William  Clark,^'^  b.  Oct.  12,  1855,  d.  Feb.  13,1876.  (4.) 
Martha  Fessenden,^  ^  b.  July  27,  1864,  (5.)  Frank  Arthur,^  ^ 
b.  Dec.  14,  1866.  (6.)  Nannie  iVyts^Mj.  Dec.  14,  1866,  d. 
June  2,  1873. 

ii.  Frederick  Clark  Sayles,^  b.  July  17,  1835,  ni.  Oct. 
16,  1851,  Deborah  Cook  "Wilcox,  dan.  of  Eobert  and  Deborah 
(Cook)  Wilcox.  They  have  had  six  children.  (1.)  A.  son,'^^ 
b.  Jan.  14,  1865,  d.  in  infancy.  (2.)  Carrie  Minerva,'^ '^  b. 
Jan.  15,  1866.  (3.)  Frederick  Clark,^^  b.  Aug.  21,  1868. 
(4.)  Benjamin  Paris,^^  b.  Oct.  31,  1871,  d.  May  30,  1873. 
(5.)  Robert  Wilcoo-,-^^  b.  Jan.  28,  1878.  (6.)  Deborah 
Wilcox,^ ^  b.  Nov.  17,  1880. 

The  -Sayles  Brothers  comprise  the  firm  of  W.  F.  and  F.  C. 
Sayles,  proprietors  of  the  Moshassnck  Bleachery,  dye  works  and 
woolen  mills  near  Pawtucket,  E.  I.  Tli,e  Bleachery  commenced 
in  1848,  has  rapidly  increased  in  extent  and  facilities,  until  now 
it  is  the  most  extensive  and  completely  equipped  establishment  of 
the  kind  in  the  country.  It  occupies  substantial  buildings,  sur- 
rounded by  dwellings  erected  for  the  employes,  some  of  whom 
have  become  owners  of  their  residences  and  suflficient  land  for 
garden  purposes.  Encouragement  and  pecuniary  aid  are  extended 
by  the  proprietors  for  the  promotion  of  social  order,  temperance, 
education  and  religious  welfare. 

Sayles'  Memorial  Hall,  the  last  of  the  Brown  University  group 
of  buildings,  was  erected  at  the  expense  of  the  Hon.  William  F. 
Sayles  in  memory  of  his  son,  William  Clark  Sayles,  who  died  in 
3  876,  while  a  student  at  that  institution.  It  was  dedicated  in 
June,  1881. 

Frederick  C.  Sayles  is  the  first  Mayor  of  Pawtucket,  incor- 
porated as  a  city  Jan.  4,  1886.  The  Sa3des  Brothers  were  in- 
fluential in  securing  the  success  of  the  reunion  of  the  Roger 
Williams  descendants,  which  took  place  at  Sayles'  Memorial 
Hall,  June  22,  1886.  The  Hon.  Frederick  C.  Sayles  was  one  of 
tlie  committee  of  arrangements,  and  presided  at  the  meeting. 
They  trace  their  descent  from  Roger  Williams  through  three  of 
his  children,  Mary,  Mercy  and  Daniel  Williams. 

17.  CATHARINE  JENCKES  {Martha,^  John,^  C/iad^), 
eldest  dau.  of  Gov.  Joseph  Jen  ekes,  b.  1694,  d.  1782  ;  m.  Wil- 
liam Turpin,  son  of  William.  He  was  an  innkeeper  and  Town 
Treasurer  from  1737-44.  He  was  b.  1690,  and  d.  March,  15, 
1744.  Of  their  ten  children,  Cat/terine  Turjnn^  m.  Capt.  John 
Hopkins,  son  of  William  and  Ruth  (Wilkinson)  Hopkins,  and 
brother  of  Gov.  StejDhen  Hopkins.*  Capt.  John  died  at  sea, 
Feb.  1,  1745,   and  left  his  widow  with  three  young  daughters. 

Ruth,  b. ,  d.  ;  Sarah,   d.   Oct.   14,  1818,  and  Anna  d.  , 

Dec.  26,  1823.      She  m.  2d,   Dr.   Job  Hawkins  and  d.  Dec.  30, 
1749,  in  her  31st  year.     Her  second  dau.,  Sarah  Hopkins,"  m. 

*  Capt.  John/  William.^  Major  William.'  Thomas.  =  William. ^ 


Fourth  GE^fERAXiON.  29 

Aug.  2,  17(51,  Abraham  Whipple,  b.  Sept.  26,  1733.  He  com- 
manded the  expedition  that  burned  the  Britisli  schooner  Gas- 
pee,  on  the  evening  of  June  9,  1772.  (See  No.  22.)  He  was 
afterwards  a  Commodore  in  the  Continental  Navy.  After  a  distin- 
guished career  in  the  service  of  his  country,  he  removed  in  1796 
to  Marietta,  Ohio,  where  he  died  May  29,  1819.  His  wife  d.  Oct. 
14,  1818,  aged  78  years.  They  had  two  children,  Katy,  "^  who 
m.  April,  1781,  Lieut. -Colonel  Sproat,  of  the  Massachusetts  line, 
and  Pollv,  "^  who  m.  Julv,  1789,  Dr.  Ezekiel  Comstock,  of  Smith- 
field. 

Anna  Hopkins,  "^  sister  of  Sarah,  m.  Dec.  13,  1761,  William 
Metcalf,  who  died  in  early  manhood.  She  m.  second,  Esek 
Esten.  A  daughter  by  the  first  husband  m.  Alfred  Mann,  and 
had  among  other  children,  William  Metcalf  Mann,  ^  one  of  the 
editors  of  the  Providence  American.  By  the  second  husband  she 
had  nine  children,  one  of  whom,  Esek  Esten,  b.  Dec.  14,  1779, 
d.  May  21,  1842  ;  m.  Sept.  14,  1800,  Sarah,  dau.  of  Benjamin 
Jenckes.  They  had  12  children.  (See  Genealogy  of  One  Line 
of  the  Hopkins  Family,  by  Albert  Holbrook.) 

18.  DR.  JOHN  JENCKES,  {Martha,^  John,^  C/iad^),son  of 
Gov.  Joseph  Jenckes,  m.  March  22,  1721,  Sarah,  dau.  of  Major 
Thomas  and  Dinah  (Burden)  Fenner,  and  gr.-dau.  of  Capt. 
Arthur  and  Mehitable  (Waterman)  Fenner.  She  was  b.  1698, 
and  d.  April  17, 1736.  He  died  in  1730,  probably  on  ship  board, 
returning  from  England,  where  he  had  been  on  a  visit  with  his 
father. 

CHILDREN. 

i.       Mary,  1).  1721,  d.  Nov.  14,  1723.     Burietl  in   Major  Thomas 

Fenner  s  burying  grovmd. 
ii.       Lydia,  m.  Jonathan  .Jenckes. 
iii      Joseph. 
iv.     Benjamin. 

19.  MARY  JENCKES,  (Martha,^  James,'^  C/iar/i),  eighth 
child  of  Gov.  Joseph  Jenckes,  was  m.  May  20,  1722,  to  John 
Herndon,  Jr.,  and  second,  to.  Capt.  John  Harrington,  son  of 
John,  of  Scituate,  R.  I.  Her  oldest  child  Nathaniel,  b.  pro 
bably,  May  15,  1727,  bore  the  surname  of  Harrington,  though  he 
is  supposed  to  have  been  a  son  of  the  first  husband.  The 
children  of  the  second  husband  were  Ohadiah,  John,  Amei/, 
Catharine,  Jemima.  Nathaniel  Harrington  m.  Nov.  6,  1748, 
Mary  Bates,  b.  Oct.  17,  1729,  dau.  of  James,  and  lived  in 
Foster,  R.  L  They  had  five  children  :  Waty,  Caleb,  John, 
Nathaniel,  Mary  or  Polly.  The  latter,  b.  June  12,  1769,  was  m. 
Jan.  21,  1793,  to  her  third  cousin,  Elhanan  Aylsworth,* 
{Thomas,^  Ohad,^  Arthur^),  b.  Aug.  31,  1772.  They  removed 
to  Hoosick,  N.  Y.,  and  in  the  winter  of  1766-7  settled   perma- 


30  The  Chad  Bro\vn  Memorial. 

nently  in  Burlington,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  she  d.  Sept.  9, 
1855.  He  outlived  her  but  a  short  time  and  d.  Oct.  17,  1857. 
Of  their  nine  children,  Perry,  the  youngest,  b.  Nov.  21,  1812, 
m.  March  21,  1836,  Luna  Norton,  dan.  of  James  and  Hannah 
(Stewart)  DeLoug,  of  Watertown,  N.  Y.  The  latter  were  the 
parents  of  Dr.  Homer  E  Aylsworth,  the  compiler  of  the  Ayls- 
worth  Genealogy.     (See  No.  7.) 


Fifth  Generation.  31 

FIFTH    GENERATION. 

20.  NICHOLAS  BROWN,  {James,^  James,^  John;^  CharP), 
b.  July  28,  1729,  was  tlie  eldest  of  the  four  brothers  who  were 
associated  in  business  under  the  name  of  Nicholas  Brown  and 
Company.  The  first  son,  Capt.  James,  died  unmarried  shortly 
before  Nicholas  became  of  age.  Instead  of  appropriating  to 
himself,  as  he  could  have  done  under  existing  colonial  laws,  a 
double  portion  of  his  father's  estate,  Nicholas  promptly  divided 
the  inheritance  equally  Avitli  his  brothers  and  sister.  The  com- 
mercial business  founded  by  his  father  and  uncle  Obadiah,  was 
greatly  extended  by  the  brothers,  and  under  their  judicious 
management  yielded  large  returns.  Of  the  ample  fortunes  thus 
acquired  they  gave  judiciously  and  liberally  to  every  worthy 
enterprise  of  their  times,  in  which  they  were  usually  leaders  or 
active  co-operators. 

He  m.  Mav  2,  1762,  Khoda,  fifth  dau.  of  Daniel  and  Joanna 

(Scott)   Jenckes,  b.  and   d.    Dec.    16,    1783.       [Daniel,'^ 

Rev.  Ehenezer,^  Joseph,'^  Joseph  JencJces'^).  She  was  grand- 
daughter of  Sylvanus  and  Joanna  (Jenckes)  Scott,  and  gr.  gr. 
dau.  of  John  and  Rebecca  Scott.  John  was  son  of  the  first 
Richard  and  Catharine  (Marbury)  Scott.  Daniel  Jenckes  was  a 
wealthy  merchant  of  Providence,  and  an  active  member  of  the 
First  Baptist  Church,  of  which  his  father,  Rev.  Ebenezer 
Jenckes,  was  pastor  from  1719-26.  He  was  for  forty  years  a 
meml^er  of  the  General  Assembly,  and  for  nearly  thirty  years 
Chief  Justice  of  the  Providence  County  Court. 

The  residence  of  Nicholas  Brown  on  South  Main  Street  (pres- 
ent number  27)  is  still  standing,  but  has  long  since  been  devoted 
to  business  purposes.  Of  the  ten  children  of  Nicholas  and 
Rhoda  Brown,  but  two  lived  to  maturity,  a  son  and  daughter, 
Nicholas  and  Hope.  He  married  second,  Sept.  9,  1785,  Avis, 
daughter  of  Capt.  Barnabas  Binney,  of  Boston,  who  survived 
him.  The  following  inscription  from  the  tablet  erected  over  his 
grave  in  the  North  Burial  Ground,  shows  the  esteem  in  which 
he  was  held  by  his  contemporaries: 

''In  Memory  of  Nicholas  Brown,  Esq.,  who  died  May  29, 
A.  D.  1791,  aet.  62.  He  descended  from  respectable  ancestors, 
who  were  some  of  the  first  settlers  in  this  State.  His  stature  was 
large  ;  his  personal  appearance  manly  and  noble  ;  his  genius 
penetrating,  his  memory  tenacious  ;  his  judgment  strong  :  his 
affections  lively  and  w\arm.  He  was  an  early,  persevering  and 
liberal  patron  of  the  College  in  this  town  ;  and  a  member  and 
great  benefactor  of  the  Baptist  Society.  His  donations  in  sup- 
port of  learning  and  religion  were  generous  and  abundant.  His 
occupation  was  merchandise,  in  which  by  industry,  punctuality 
and  success,  he  accumulated  a  large  fortune.  He  was  plain  and 
sincere  in  his  manners,  a  faithful  friend,  a  good  neighbor  and 
entertaining  companion.     His  knowledge  of  books,  of  men,  of 


83  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

business  and  of  the  world  was  sfreat  and  of  the  most  useful  kind. 
He  loved  his  country,  and  had  an  equal  esteem  of  liberty  and 
good  government.  He  had  deeply  studied  the  Holy  Scriptures 
and  was  convinced  of  the  great  truths  of  revelation.  He  was  a 
religious  observer  of  the  Sabbath,  and  of  public  worship, 
and  trained  up  his  household  after  him.  He  was  a  lover 
of  all  men,  especially  good  men,  the  ministers  and  disciples 
of  Christ,  who  always  received  a  friendly  Avelcome  under  his 
hospitable  roof.  As  in  life  he  was  universally  esteemed,  so  in 
death  he  was  universally  lamented.  The  conjugal  affection  of  a 
mourning  widow,  and  the  filial  affection  of  an  orphan  son  and 
daughter  have  erected  this  monument. " 

CHILDREN  (by  first  wife). 

i  Hope,  b.  Aug.  1,  1763,  d.  July  80,  1767. 

ii.  JoANKA,  b.  Jan,  13,  1766,  d.  Jan.  8,  1785. 

iii.  Hope,  b. 1767,  d.  July  29,  1768. 

37.  iv.  Nicholas,  b.  April  4,  1769. 

V      Chad,  b.  May  27,  1771,  d.  Oct.  7,  1778. 

38.  vi     Hope.  b.  Feb  22,  1773 

vii.    Moses,  b.  Feb.  3,  1775,  d.  Feb.  28,  1791. 
viii  Rhoda,  b.  March  20,  1777,  d.  April  8, 1787. 
ix.    Jenckes,  b.  Nov.  7,  1778.  d.  April  22,  1783. 
X.     Nancy,  b.  July  9,  1783,  d.  Aug.  3,  1783. 

CHILD  (by  second  wifej. 

xi.    John.  b.  Dec.  26,  1786,  d.  Jan.  10,  1787. 

21.  JOSEPH  BROVi'^  (James,''  James,^  John,^  C/ia(V),h. 
Dec.  3,  1733,  N.  S.,  was  the  second  of  "the  Four  Brothers,"  He 
early  gave  proofs  of  a  superior  genius,  and  was  inclined  to  philo- 
sophical study,  especially  in  the  higher  natural  sciences.  After 
acquiring  a  competence  he  withdrew  from  the  firm  in  order  to 
devote  himself  to  his  favorite  studies.  The  closing  years  of  his 
life  were  spent  in  the  service  of  Brown  University,  where  he 
became  a  Professor  of  Exjjerimental  Philosophy.  He  was  also 
one  of  the  Trustees  of  the  college,  and  its  liberal  patron.  He 
was  ail  adept  in  electricity,  and  his  researches  in  astronomy 
attracted  the  notice  of  the  JAterati.  His  favorite  study,  how- 
ever, was  mechanics.  In  testimony  of  his  merits  the  degree  of 
A.  M.  was  conferred  upon  him,  and  he  was  elected  a  member  of 
the  American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences.  Joseph  and 
Moses  took  an  active  part  in  the  observation  of  the  transit  of 
Venus  in  1760,  importing  the  instruments  used  at  their  own 
expense.  Joseph,  John  and  Moses  were  Freemasons,  being 
among  the  first  initiated  at  St.  John's  Lodge,  the  charter  of 
which  was  issued  Jan.  18,  1757.  Joseph  was  an  active  member, 
the  second  master,  and  presided  at  every  meeting  from  l762-"69. 
He  was  associated  with  Ste^^hen  Hopkins  in  building  the  Town 
Market  House,  and  Nicholas  Brown  laid  the  first  stone  June  11, 


Fifth  Generation.  33 

1773.  Joseph  Bi'own  and  James  tSumuer  were  the  architects  of 
the  First  Baptist  Church  erected  in  1774-"75.  The  residence 
which  he  built  on  South  Main  Street  in  1774,  and  in  which  he 
lived  until  his  death,  is  still  standing.  The  Old  Providence 
Bank  moved  into  this  building  in  1801,  and  occupies  it  at  the 
present  time.  It  is  somewhat  altered  in  its  appearance,  the 
double  flight  of  steps  leading  to  the  street  door  in  the  centre  of 
the  house  above  the  basement  story,  having  been  removed.  The 
first  floor  was  handsomely  paneled. 

He  was  for  several  years  a  Representative  in  tbe  General 
Assembly,  and  Assistant  to  the  Governor  in  Council,  the  latter 
of  which  offices  he  filled  at  the  time  of  his  first  stroke  of  apoplexy, 
Nov.  24,  1784.  This  rendered  him  at  times  incapable  of  busi- 
ness, and  after  repeated  attacks  of  the  disease  he  expired  Dec. 
3,  1785,  wanting  only  eleven  days  of  completing  the  fifty-second 
year  of  his  age.  He  was  an  exemplary  member  of  the  Fii-st  Bap- 
tist Church,  and  an  ornament  to  the  Christian  religion,  which  he 
embraced  in  the  vigor  of  his  life  and  maturity  of  his  judgment, 
on  a  full  conviction  of  its  truth  and  Divine  Origin.  He  m.  Sept. 
30,  1759,  his  cousin  Elizabeth,  b.  173C,  d.  Sept.  6,  1806,  dau.  of 
the  third  Nicholas  and  Anne  (Tillinghast)  Power.  She  was 
gr.  dau.  of  Philip  and  Martha  (Holmes)  Tillinghast,  and  also 
gr.  dau  of  Nicholas  and  Mercy  (Tillinghast)  Power.  ^lartha 
Holmes  was  dau.  of  Jonathan  and  gr.  dau.  of  Obadiah  Holmes. 

CHILDREK 

39.  i       Mart,  b  July  30,  1760. 

ii.      Obadiah,  b.  May  16,  1762,  d.  iinm.  Feb.  14,  1815. 

iii.  Elizabeth,  b.  June  28,  1769,  d.  March  1,  1845.  She  was  m. 
to  Richard'^  Ward,  a  merchant  in  New  York  city,  !>.  March 
5,  1765,  d.  Oct,  1808.  {Goi\  Samuel,*  Gov*  Richard,^ 
Tlwmits,-  John  Ward^).  The  emigrant  ancestor  of  the 
Ward  Familj'  came  from  Gloucester,  Eng.,  after  the  acces- 
sion of  Charles  II.  and  settled  in  Newport,  R.I,  where  he 
died,  April,  1698,  aged  79.  He  had  been  an  officer  in  one 
of  Cromwell's  Cavalry  regiments,  and  his  sword  was  long 
preserved  in  the  family.  The  following  extract  from  an 
obituary  notice  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Ward  Ls^  from  the  pen  of 
the  late  Prof.  William  Goddard  :  "The  long  probation 
which  it  pleased  the  Giver  of  Life  to  allot  to  this  excellent 
woman  Avas  not  spent  in  vain.  With  all  fidelity  did  she  dis- 
charge her  high  trust,  always  obedient  to  sympathies  the 
most  generous  and  comprehensive,  never  weary  of  the  w^ork. 
of  benevolence,  and  never  suffering  the  good  she  did  to 
exalt  her  estimate  of  herself.  To  the  sorrows  of  others  she 
was  most  tenderly  alive.  She  never  mocked  the  sufferer 
with  an  expression  of  barren  symjiathy.  Her  hand  was  as 
open  as  her  heart  was  warm.  "To  the  sharp  ills  of  poverty 
she  administered  substantial  relief.  The  solitude  of  the 
bereaved  she  cheered  with  the  voice  of  Christian  consola- 
tion. For  a  long  course  of  years  she  was  the  centre  of  a 
large  circle  of  relatives  and  friends,  who  loved  her  for  her 

*  The  Armorial  bearingrs  of  Gov.  Richard  Ward  were  engraved  upon  his  tombstone  in 
Newport.    (See  America  Heraldica.) 


34  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

many  virtues.  Mrs.  Ward  bad  no  children,  but  she  watched 
with  rare  fidelity  and  witli  maternal  tenderness  over  those 
who  stood  to  her  in  the  relation  of  children.  Protracted 
was  her  sickness.  Her  Heavenly  Father,  however,  in  the 
midst  of  His  corrective  discipline,  remembered  her  in  mercy. 
He  spared  to  the  last  her  unusually  clear,  inquisitive  and 
vigorous  intellect,  and  confirmed  her  faith  in  Christ  as  the 
Saviour  of  all  those  who  put  their  trust  in  him." 

iv.     Joseph,  b.  1768,  d.  1771. 

v.      Joseph,  b.  1775,  d   1791. 

23.  JOHN  BROWN,  (James,^  James,'''  John,^  Chad,^) 
b.  Jan.  27,  1736,  d.  Sept.  20,  1803,  was  the  third  of  the  Four 
Brothers,  and  associated  with  them  in  business  until  1782,  when 
he  withdrew  from  the  firm,  and  established  himself  at  India 
Point,  where  he  entered  upon  the  bold  but  successful  venture 
of  direct  trade  with  the  East  Indies  and  China.  He  is  said  to 
have  been  ''  a  man  of  magnificent  projects  and  extraordinary 
enterprise."  Though  a  wealthy  merchant  and  having  larger  in- 
terests at  stake  than  most  men,  he  was  a  patriotic  leader  in  the 
struggle  for  American  Independence,  and  contributed  stibstan- 
tial  aid  to  the  cause.  At  the  Hope  Furnace  in  Cranston,  built 
largely  by  the  Browns,  was  manufactured  cannon  for  use  in  the 
Continental  army. 

He  was  the  leader  of  the  party  which  destroyed  the  British 
armed  schooner  the  Gaspee,  in  Narragansett  Bay  in  June  1772. 

NEW  SONG  CALLED  THE  GASPEE.* 

Author  Unknown.        * 

'Twas  in  the  reign  of  George  the  Third,  Did  chase  the  sloop  called  the  Hannah, 

The  public  peace  was  much  disturbed  Of  which  one  Lindsay  was  commander  — 

By  ships  of  war  that  came  and  laid.  They  dogged  her  up  Providence  Sound, 

Within  our  ports  to  stop  our  trade.  And  there  the  rascals  got  agi'ound. 

In  seventeen  hundred  and  seventy-two,  ^he  news  of  it  flew  that  verv  day, 

In  Newport  harbor  lay  a  crew  ^ij^t  they  on  Namquit  Point  did  lay  ;- 

That  played  the  part  of  pirates  there,  jj^at  night,  about  half-past  ten. 

The  sons  of  Freedom  could  not  bear.  gouj^  Xan-angasett  Indian-men, 

Sometimes  they'd  weigh  and  give  them       ^  .        .  ^     „        .„  ^  , 

chase        ■'  o  o  Beuig  sixtv-four  if  I  remember. 

Such  actions,  sm-e  were  very  base  !  Soon  made  this  stout  coxcomb  surrender- 

No  honest  coasters  could  pass  by,  f^^d  what  was  best  of  all  their  tricks. 

But  what  they  would  let  some  shot  fly.  1°  1^"^  »  ball  too  they  did  flx- 

Which  did  provoke  to  high  degree,  Then  set  the  men  upon  tlie  land, 

Those  true-born  sons  of  Liberty. —  And  liurut  lier  up.  we  uiidiistand — 

So  that  they  could  no  longer  bear  Wliich  thing  provoked  the  King  so  high 

Those  sons  of  Belial  staying  there.  He  said  these  men  should  surely  die. 

It  was  not  long  "ere  it  fell  out  '  So  if  he  can  but  find  them  out, 

That  William  Duddingston  so  stout  King  George  has  offered  very  stout 

Commander  of  the  Gaspee  tender,  One  thousand  pounds  to  find  out  one 

Which  he  has  reason  to  remember —  That  wounded  WiUiara  Duddingston. 

Because,  as  people  do  assert.  One  tliousand  more  he  says  he'll  spare 

He  almost  met  his  just  desert  :  To  tliose  wlio  say  they  slieriffs  were — 

Here  on  the  twelfth  t  day  of  June.  One  thousand  more  tiiere  doth  remain 

Between  the  hours  of  twelve  and  one,  For  to  find  out  the  leader's  name. 

Likewise  one  hundred  pounds  per  man. 

For  any  one  of  all  the  clan  ; 

But  let  him  try  his  utmost  skill, 

I'm  apt  to  think  he  never  will 

Find  out  one  of  those  hearts  of  gold, 

Though  he  should  offer  fifty  fold. 

*  From  Sketches  of  Newport  and  its  Vicinity,  John  S.  Taylor,  New  York,  1842. 
+  Historians  say  the  ninth  of  June. 


Fifth  Generation.  35 

This  passage  of  liistorv  is  thus  related  by  Bancroft.  "  On  the 
ninth  of  June  the  Providence  Packet  was  returning  to  Providence, 
and  proud  of  its  speed  went  gayly  on,  lieedless  of  the  Gaspee. 
Dudingston  gave  chase.  The  tide  being  at  flood  the  Packet 
ventured  near  shore  ;  the  Gaspee  confidently  followed,  and 
drawing  more  water  ran  aground  on  *  Namquit  Point.  The  fol- 
lowing night  a  party  of  men  in  six  or  seven  boats  led  by  John 
Brown  and  Joseph  Brown  of  Providence,  and  Simeon  Potter,  of 
Bristol,!  boarded  the  stranded  schooner,  after  a  scuffle  in  which 
Dudingston  was  wounded,  took  and  landed  its  crew,  and  then 
set  it  on  fire."  The  rendezvous  of  the  party  was  the  Sabin 
Tavern,  at  the  north  east  corner  of  Planet  and  South  Main 
Streets,  afterwards  the  residence  of  Welcome  Arnold.  John 
Brown  was  sent  in  irons  to  Boston  on  suspicion  of  being  con- 
cerned in  the  Gaspee  affair,  but  released  through  the  efforts 
of  his  brother  Moses.  To  lessen  the  probabilities  of  arrest,  it  is 
said  that  until  the  formal  declaration  of  war,  he  avoided  sleeping 
two  nights  in  succession  under  the  same  roof,  by  making  the 
rounds  of  his  country  seats,  of  which  he  possessed  several,  J  not 
far  removed  from  Providence.  He  instructed  his  captains  to 
freight  their  vessels  with  powder  on  the  return  voyages,  and 
furnished  the  army  at  Cambridge  with  a  supply  when  it  had  not 
four  rounds  to  a  man. 

The  first  attempt  to  introduce  free  schools  in  Providence  was 
made  in  1767,  and  John  and  Moses  Brown  served  on  the  committees 
appointed  by  the  town  to  prepare  for  this  new  system  of  instruc- 
tion. The  project,  however,  was  unsuccessful,  and  it  was  not  until 
1800  that  a  law  was  passed  to  establish  free  schools  throughout 
the  State.  In  three  years  this  law  was  repealed,  but  the  schools 
of  Providence  were  maintained,  and  have  been  continuously  in 
operation  since  the  beginning  of  the  century.  In  1828  the  pas- 
sage of  a  new  law  secured  free  instruction  for  the  entire  State. 

The  Brown  brothers  were  influential  in  the  removal  of  the 
College  of  Rhode  Island  from  Warren  to  Providence,  and  were 
its  constant  benefactors.  John  Brown  was  one  of  the  largest 
contributors  to  this  institution,  of  which  he  was  for  twenty 
years  the  treasurer.  May  14,  1770,  he  laid  the  corner-stone  of 
its  first  building,  now  known  as  University  Hall,  which  was 
erected  on  the  Home  Lot  of  his  ancestor,  Chad  Browne.  This 
land  at  an  early  date  went  out  of  the  possession  of  the  family, 
but  was  repurchased  by  John  and  Moses  Brown,  and  a  deed  of 
the  sam6  presented  to  the  Corporation.  The  interests  of  the 
Baptist  Church  of  which  Chad  and  James  Brown  had  been 
elders,  were  well  sustained  by  John  Brown  who  gave  to  it  liber- 

*On  Springy  Green  Farm,  Warwick. 

t  Another  account  states  that  "  after  discussion  the  participants  in  the  meeting  went  to 
the  wharf  and  embarked  in  eight  long  boats  under  command  of  Abraham  Whipple, 
afterwards  a  captain  in  the  Continental  Navy."  (See  "The  Providence  Plantations." 
J.  A.  &  R.  A.  Reid,  Providence,  1886). 

X  These  were  located  at  Ci-auston,  Glocester,  North  Providence,  Point  Pleasant  in 
Bristol,  and  Spring  Green  in  Warwick. 


36  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

ally  of  his  Avealth  for  the  support  of  preaching,  and  the  creation 
of  a  permanent  fund  for  the  society. 

For  thirty  years,  from  1700-90,  the  brothers  were,  one  or 
more  of  them,  in  the  General  Assembly,  and  prominent  in  local 
matters 

The  building  of  the  Washington  Bridge  across  the  Seekonk  at 
the  lower  ferry  was  secured  by  John  Brown,  and  that  of  the  Red 
or  Central  Bridge,  by  Moses,  at  the  upper  ferry.  These  bridges 
were  carried  away  by  the  disastrous  flood  of  1807,  but  soon 
rebuilt.  In  1789,  the  Assembly,  to  encourage  home  manufacture, 
increased  the  import  duty  on  many  foreign  goods,  and  citizens  of 
wealth  often  wore  homespun  woolen  clothing.  It  is  recorded 
that  John  Brown  appeared  in  the  Assembly  in  Jan.,  1789,  dressed 
in  a  suit  the  cloth  of  which  was  made  from  the  wool  of  his 
own  sheep  kept  on  his  Glocester  farm  ;  the  yarn  was  sj^un  by 
a  woman  88  years  of  age.  His  town  residence  was  on  South 
Main  street,  next  south  of  that  of  his  brother  Nicholas.  The 
house,  which  he  built  on  land  from  his  father's  estate,  was  after- 
wards torn  down,  and  the  Mechanics'  Bank  building,  No.  37, 
erected  on  the  site.  It  is  not  now  occupied  by  the  bank.  It 
was  here  that  he  gave  his  famous  dinner  party  in  honor  of  Gen. 
Nathanael  Greene — the  largest,  it  is  said,  that  had  ever  been 
given  in, Rhode  Island.  His  commencement  dinners  to  the 
graduates  and  their  friends  were  occasions  long  remembered  with 
pleasure. 

Apropos  of  his  dinner  parties,  it  is  related  that  on  one  occasion, 
when  the  clerical  element  was  well  represented,  "Nephew 
Obadiah."  son  of  Joseph,  was  called  on  for  a  toast.  It  was 
known  that  he  was  somewhat  of  a  free-thinker,  but  all  were 
startled  by  the  response :  ''  Here's  a  short  respite  to  the 
damned  in  hell."  A  moment  of  embarrassing  silence  ensued. 
Who  could  refuse  assent  to  so  charitable  a  wish,  but  how  at  vari- 
ance with  their  orthodox  proclivities  I  John,  the  host,  however, 
was  equal  to  the  occasion.  Raising  his  glass,  he  exclaimed  : 
"Truly,  a  most  admirable  sentiment,  gentlemen,  and  one  in 
which  I  am  sure  we  can  all  heartily  join."  Glad  to  be  relieved 
from  so  awkward  a  dilemma,  the  company  followed  his  example, 
and,  without  a  dissenting  voice,  drained  their  glasses ;  and  the 
"  feast  of  reason  and  flow  of  soul"  continued,  unmarred  by  the 
incident. 

In  1787  he  built  his  Power  street  mansion,  at  that  time  the 
finest  in  the  city,  from  plans  made  by  his  brother  Joseph.  It  is 
now  occupied  by  Prof.  William  Gammell.  John  Brown  was  a 
member  of  the  society  formed  in  June,  1790,  for  promoting  the 
abolition  of  slavery  in  the  United  States,  and  for  improving  the 
condition  of  the  African  race.  In  1799  he  was  elected  a  member 
of  Congress  and  served  tWo  years.  He  was  _^a  man  of  large 
physical  proportions,  and  accustomed  to  riding  about  inasulkey, 
a  two-seated  open  chaise,  which  he  so  completely  filled  that  his 


MOSES  BROWN. 


Born  9th  Mo.  23d,  17.38. 

Died  9th  3Io.  6th,  ia3(5. 
From  a  steel  engraving  by  T.  Pollock,  1836. 
Original  drawing  by  W.  J.  Harris.  7th  Mo.  4th,  1836. 


40. 

iv. 

41. 

V. 

42. 

vi. 

Fifth  Generation.  37 

little  grandson,  John  B.  Frances,  rode  on  a  stool  between  his 
knees  because  there  was  no  room  for  him  on  the  seat.  He  m., 
Nov.  27,  1760,  Sarah,  dau.  of  Daniel*  and  Dorcas  (Harris) 
Smith,  b.  May  13.  1738,  d.  Feb.  35,  1825.  {Benjamin,^  John,^ 
John  Sinlth^  Miller).  She  was  a  gr.  dau.  of  Benjamin  and 
Mercy  (Angell)  Smith,  and  also  of  William  and  Abigail  Harris, 

CHILDREN. 

i.     James,  b.  Sept.  22,  1761,  d.  unm.    Dec.    12,  1834.     He  was  a 
graduate  of  Harvard  in  1 780,  and  in  1789  was  elected  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Board  of  Fellows  of  Brown  University.     Enjoy- 
ing an  ample  patrimony,  and  having  no   taste   for  active 
pursuits,  he  did  not  enter  a  business  life  or  "seek    public 
distinction.     He  was  a  gentleman  of  the  old  school,  upright 
and  pure  minded  in  all  the  relations  of  private  life, 
ii       Benjamin,  b.  Feb.  13,  17(i3,  d.  July  7,  1773. 
"■      Abigail,  b.  Nov.  26,  1754,  d.  Oct.  16,  1766. 
Abigaii,  or  Abby,  b.  Nov.  20,  1766, 
Sali>y  or  Sarah,  b.  Sept.  5,  1773. 
Alice,  b.  Jan.  1.  1777. 

MOSES  BROWN  {James,''  Jam.es,^  John;^  (Jhad^),  the 
youngest  of  "the  Four  Brothers,"  was  b.  Sept.  23,  1738.  His 
father  died  the  next  April,  but  his  mother,  Hojoe,  attained  an 
advanced  age,  dying  in  1792  in  her  91st  year.  He  long  survived 
his  thi'ee  elder  brothers,  Nicholas  having  died  in  1791,  Joseph 
in  1784,  and  John  in  1803.  Moses  was  sjjared  until  he  had 
nearly  completed  98  years.  He  died  Sept.  (J,  1836,  at  his  resi- 
dence, near  the  banks  of  the  Seekonk,  where  he  had  lived  for 
more  than  60  years.  He  left  school  at  the  age  of  thirteen  and 
passed  his  early  years  in  the  family  of  his  paternal  uncle, 
Obadiah,  who  from  the  first  had  regarded  him  in  the  light  of  a 
son.  In  1703  he  entered  the  firm  of  Nicholas  Brown  &  Co., 
and  the  four  brothers  combined,  largely  extended  the  business 
of  the  commercial  house  founded  by  their  father  and  uncle 
Obadiah.  The  following  year  he  married  his  cousin,  Anna 
Brown,  dau.  of  Obadiah.  a  portion  of  whose  large  estate  he  sub- 
sequently inherited  by  will. 

His  health  was  not  robust  and  after  ten  years  he  withdrew 
from  the  firm  and  retired  to  his  farm,  then  quite  in  the  countr}^ 
but  now  within  the  city  limits.  His  mansion  house,  formerly 
the  property  of  Mr.  Merritt,  an  English  gentleman  of  fortune, 
stood  on  the  north  side  of  Angell  street,  some  distance  back 
from  the  road.  The  former  entrance  to  the  grouitds  is  now  oc- 
cupied by  the  large  house  on  Angell  street,  built  by  the  late 
Estus  Lamb.  Some  years  since,  his  house,  at  that  time,  unin- 
habited, was  burned  to  the  ground.  It  was  bequeathed  by  Mr. 
Brown  in  his  will  to  the  only  son  of  his  grand-daughter,  Moses 
Brown  Jenkins. 

After  his  retirement  from  business  he  devoted  his  time  to  the 
care   of  his   estate,  and  the  society  and  service  of  his   friends. 


38  The  Oiiad  Rrown  Memorial. 

indulging-  his  tastes  for  intellectual  pursuits,  especially  experi- 
mental illustration  in  the  line  of  Chemistry  and  Natural 
Philosophy  of  which  he  was  particularly  fond.  In  1774  he 
joined  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  from  that  time  was  closely 
identilied  with  their  interests.  He  manumitted  all  his  slaves  in 
1773,  continuing,  however,  a  benevolent  interest  in  their  welfare. 
He  was  a  liberal  supporter  of  the  Rhode  Island  Peace  Society, 
which  he  assisted  in  founding  in  1818.  His  elder  brother.  Nicho- 
las, was  one  of  its  oHicers,  and  he  and  his  son  Obadiah  were 
treasurei's.  He  was  an  active  member  of  the  Abolition  Society 
of  Rhode  Island,  and  an  earnest  and  unceasing  advocate  of 
universal  einaiici[)ation.  Consistently  with  his  principles,  he 
kept  aloof  from  the  Revolutionary  struggle  m  wliich  his  brothers 
were  conspicuous  participants  ;  but  his  motives  were  understood 
and  his  patriotism  unquestioned. 

His  mime  will  long  be  known  to  posterity  in  connection  with 
the  Yearly  Meeting  Boarding  School,  of  which  he  was  a  munifi- 
cent pati'on  and  founder.  The  school  was  removed  from  Ports- 
mouth, It.  I.,  where  it  was  commenced  in  1784,  and  opened  at 
its  present  location,  Jan.  1,  1819.  The  lot  of  land  containing 
about  forty- three  acres  on  which  the  school  buildings  Avere 
erected,  was  given  by  him  for  this  purpose,  besides  a  contribution 
to  the  building  fund.  For  more  than  fifty  years  he  served  as 
Treasurer,  and  watched  over  with  unceasing  solicitude  the  vari- 
ous interests  of  the  institution,  until  tlie  close  of  his  life.  His 
son  Obadiah,  and  son-in-law,  William  Almy,  were  also  large 
contributors. 

Moses  Brown  was  an  inlUiential  nu'inber  of  the  General 
Assembly  from  17(i4-1771.  He  was  the  leader  in  the  movement 
to  intro(luee  paved  sti-eets  in  1763.  Other  services  to  his  native 
city  have  been  alluded  to  in  connection  with  his  elder  brothers, 
and  also  his  co-operation  in  establishing  the  College  of  Rhode 
Islaiul  at  Providence.  In  1790  he  initiated  his  son  and  son-iu- 
law  in  the  business  of  cotton  manufacture  at  Pawtucket,  R.  I., 
under  the  firm  name  of  Almy,  Brown  &  Slater.  He  was  instru- 
mental in  inducing  the  late  Samuel  Slater,  an  English  mechanic 
and  inventor,  to  employ  his  skill  in  working  the  first  water 
frciDus  in  America.  Up  to  this  time  no  carding  or  spinning 
nuichinery  had  been  successfully  operated,  and  none  at  all  by 
water.  All  obstacles  were  at  length  overcome,  and  the  great 
industry  of  cotton  spinning  by  water  power  was  successfully 
inaugurated. 

He  executed  his  last  will  and  testament  at  the  great  age  of 
ninety-six.  Time  had  spared  his  intellectual  faculties,  and  dur- 
ing his  final  illness  of  two  weeks,  he  awaited  with  Christian 
composure  the  summons  that  was  to  unite  him  Avitli  the  family 
and  friends  from  whom  he  luul  so  long  been  separated.  He 
married,  Jan.  1,  1764,  Anna  Brown,  who  died  Feb.  5,  1773,  in 
her  29th  year.     Of  their  three  children  one  died  in  infancy. 


Fifth  Generation.  39 

His  daiTghter,  Sarah  (Brown)  Almy,  an  estimable  woman,  died 
in  her  30th  year.  Obadiah,  ''my  beloved  son,  in  my  old  age, 
on  whom  I  was  looking  to  lean,"  died  in  his  52d  year.  He 
married,  second,  March  4,  1779,  Mary  Olney,  who  died  Jan.  10, 
1798,  at  the  age  of  54.  He  married,  third,  May  2,  1799,  Phebe 
Lockwood.  She  died  Oct.  19,  1808,  in  her  61st  year.  There 
was  no  issue  except  by  the  first  marriage. 

These  successive  bereavements,  in  the  language  of  the  late 
Prof.  William  Goddard,  "  took  away  from  the  aged  pilgrim  his 
staff  and  the  companions  of  his  journey,  but  they  taught  him  to 
lean  with  more  confidence  upon  an  Almighty  arm  and  to  look 
forward  with  a  more  sustaining  hope,  to  a  communion  with  the 
society  of  Heaven.  Around  his  fireside  he  could,  it  is  true,  sum- 
mon neither  wife  nor  children,  nor  early  friend,  but  there  were 
not  wanting  those,  who,  year  after  year,  watched  over  him  with 
unwearied  and  affectionate  assiduity,  and  who,  in  some  sort,  com- 
pensated him  for  the  loss  of  friends,  whom,  'though  he  less 
deplored,  he  ne'er  forgot.'*  " 

His  portrait,  painted  by  Mr,  Heade  from  an  original  sketch  by 
William  J.  Harris,  has  been  placed  in  Sayles'  Memorial  Hall. 
He  was  buried  in  his  family  lot  in  the  North  Ground,  in  the 
Quaker  inclosure. 

CHILDREN. 

43.  i.     Sarah,  b.  Oct.  16,  1764. 

ii.    A  daughter  died  in  iufancy. 

iii.  Obadiah,  b.  July  15,  1770,  d.  Oct.  15.  1823.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  in  his  lifetime  a  generous 
supporter  of  the  school  which  his  father  had  been  instru- 
mental in  founding.  In  his  last  will  he  bequeathed  to  the 
institution  $100,000,  besides  his  library  of  books,  maps,  &c. 
This  money  is  said  to  have  been  largely  acquired  in  the 
manufacture  of  cotton  goods. 

He  m.  March  1 ,  1798,  Dorcas,  dau.  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
Hadwen,  of  Newport.  R.  I.,  b.  April  8,  1765,  d.  JNIay  15, 
1826.  They  had  no  children.  His  residence  on  Thomas 
Street,  No.  11,  next  to  the  corner  of  Benefit,  is  now  occupied 
])y  the  Providence  Art  Club.  To  distinguish  himself  from 
Obadiah  Brown.''  son  of  Joseph,^  he  added  Moses  to  his 
name,  writing  it  Obadiah  M.  Brown.  He  died  in  the  vigor 
of  manhood  in  his  52d  year. 

•24.  ELISHA  BROWN  {Joseph,^  James,^  John,^  Chad^),  b. 
April  1,  1748,  d.  Feb.  13,  1832,  lived  in  N.  Providence  on  a 
part  of  the  generous  paternal  estate.  He  m.  Waite  Waterman, 
who  d.  Oct.  2,  1840,  aged  87. 

CHILDREN, 

44.  i.     Welcome,  b.  May  12,  1777. 

ii.    Waterman  m.  Hannah,  dau.  of  Joseph  and  Hannah  Farnum. 
iii.  Elizabeth  m.  Peleg  Fuller, 
iv.  Lydia  m.  Jabez  Latham. 


40  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

V.    Philanky  m.  Andrew  Angell. 

vi.   Susan,  b.  1788    m.  Jason  Young  ;  d.   Sept.   20,   1875.     They 

lived  on  the  homestead  farm.     No  issue, 
vii.  Waitstill,  b.  1789,  d.  May  3,  1859.  unmarried, 
viii.  Cathaktne,  b.  1793,  m.  Freeman  Fisher  ;  d.  March  3,  1847. 

25.  A?^DREWBROWA^(./ose/>A,9  James,^  John,^  ChacP), 
b.  Jan.  1751,  d.  June  8,  1832,  lived  in  N.  Providence,  wliere  all 
his  children  were  born.  He  had  three  wives,  but  there  was  isstie 
only  by  the  first.  He  m.  June  27,  1773.  Dorcas  Knight,  b.  Jan. 
20,  1750,  d.  Jan.  12,  1791.  He  m.  second,  Lydia  Dyer,  widow 
of  Stukely  Westcott,  who  d.  April  9,  1804,  He  m.  third,  April 
14,  1805,  Sarah  Humphrey,  widow  of  Miles  Shory,  who  d.  Sept, 
27,  1840,  and  was  buried  on  her  81st  birthday. 

CHILDREN. 

i.     Abigail,  b.  Sept.  30,  177s,  m.  Emor  Whipple. 

ii.    Waitk,  b.  Sept  10,  177.^).  m.  Asel  Waterman. 

Hi.  Mary,  b  May  10,  1778,  m.  John  Manton,  and  lived  and  died 

in  Kinderhook,  N   Y. 
iv.  Sarah,  b.  May  20,  1780,  m.  William  Manton,  brother  of  John, 

also  lived  in  Kinderhook,  and  died  in  Johnston,  R.  1. 
V.    Jeremiah,  b  June  14,  1782,  m.   Esther  VV  hippie.     Had  a  son 

Richard,  who  lived,  in  1885,  at  Central  Falls,  R.  1. 
vi.  Joseph,  b.  May  10,  1784,  d.  May  10,  1803. 
vii.  Etfian,  b  Oct.  20,  1785. 
45.  viii  Richard,  b.  June  17,  1789. 

26.  SAEAH  BROWN  {OhacUah^"'  James,^  John,"-  Chad^), 
b.  Sept.  24,  1742,  d.  March  17,  1800.  She  m.  Dec.  19,  1762, 
Jabez  Bowen,  son  of  Dr.  Ephraim  and  Mary  (Fenner)  Bowen. 
He  was  in  the  fifth  generation  from  Dr.  Richard  Bowen  of  Eng- 
land, who  settled  in  Dorchester,  Mass.  in  1642.  Dr.  Ephraim 
Bowen  was  a  well-known  practitioner  of  medicine  in  Providence, 
where  he  died  Oct.  21,  1812,  at  the  age  of  96.  His  father, 
grandfather,  and  the  first  Richard  were  all  physicians.  Of  his 
fourteen  children,  Jabez.  the  eldest,  was  b.  June  13,  1739,  and 
d.  May  8,  1815.  Maternally,  he  was  in  the  fifth  generation 
from  Arthur  Fenner  {Mary,^  Tltoma^,'^  Major  Thomas,'-  Gapt. 
Arthur^).  He  graduated  at  Yale  in  1757,  received  the  honorary 
degree  of  A.  M.  from  the  College  of  R.  I.  at  its  first  commence- 
ment in  AVarren,  1769,  and  the  degree  of  LL.D.  from  Dart- 
mouth College,  N.  H.,  in  1800.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Town 
Council  from  1773-75,  a  Representative  in  the  General  Assembly 
from  1777-90,  and  Deputy  Governor  in  1788.  An  active  patriot 
in  the  war  for  American  laidependence,  he  commanded  a  R.  I. 
regiment  in  the  winter  of  1777,  was  an  influential  member  of 
the  Board  of  War,  and  also  of  the  Convention  that  adopted  the 
Constitution  of  the  United  States,  May  29,  1790.  He  was  on 
the  first  school  committee  appointed  by  the  town  in  1800,  Presi- 
dent of  the  Bible  Society,  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Fellows  of 


Fifth  Generation".  41 

Brown  University  from  17G8-85,  and  Chancellor  from  1785-1815. 
He  was  a  prominent  Free  Mason  in  St.  John's  Lodge,  and  from 
1794-99  served  as  Grand  Master. 

In  all  these  various  relations,  his  eminent  executive  ability  and 
unquestioned  integrity  were  wholly  devoted  to  the  generation 
which  he  served  so  wisely  and  so  well.  His  religious  affiliations 
were  with  the  First  Congregational  Church,  of  which  he  was  a 
devout  and  consistent  member.  He  died  at  his  residence,  George 
Street,  corner  of  Prospect,  and  was  buried  in  the  West  ground 
from  which  his  remains  were  afterwards  removed  to  Swan  Point 
Cemetery.  The  portraits  of  Jabez  and  Sarah  Bowen,  painted 
by  Copley,  are  the  property  of  their  grandson,  William  H. 
Bowen,  of  Providence. 

CHILDREN. 

i.       Obadiah,  b.  Oct.  5,  1763,  d.  July  25,  1793. 

ii.      Oliver,  b.  April  21,  1767.     He  married  and  left  two  daus. 

neither  of  whom  is  now  living, 
iii.     Mary,  b.  June  28,  1772,  d.  July  15,  1792. 
iv.     Jabez,  b.  Jan.  29,  1774,  d.  unm.  Aug.  8,  1816.    Graduated  at 

Brown  Universitv,  in  1788. 
v.      Henry,  b.  Feb.  8,'l776,  d.  Aug.  31,  1777. 
vi.     Horatio    Gates,   b.   June    18,    1779,    d.   March    21,    1848. 

Graduated  at  Brown  University  in  1797  ;  was  for  17  years 

its  librarian,  and  Professor  of  Natural  History  in  1828.     He 

married,  but  left  no  children, 
vii.    An  infant  son,  b.  Sept.  10,  d.  Oct.  1,  1782. 
46.    viii.  Henry  2d.  b.  Jan  5,  1785. 

27.  MARY  BROWN  {Obadiah,^^  James, ^  John, ^  ChacP), 
b.  Nov.  25,  1753,  m.  Jan.  14,  1779,  Thomas,  son  of  Jonathan 
and  Abigail  (Smith)  Arnold.  {Jonathan,^  Thomas,^  Richard,^ 
Thomas^).  The  first  Thomas  of  England  was  half  brother  of 
AVilliam  Arnold,  one  of  the  13  original  proprietors  of  Providence, 
and  of  Joanna  (Arnold)  Hopkins,  the  ancestress  of  Gov.  Stephen 
Hojikins.  Abigail  Smith  was  dau.  of  Benjamin,  gr.  dau.  of 
John,  and  g.  gr.  dau.  of  John  Smith,  Miller.  Thomas  Arnold 
was  b.  Oct.  10,  1751,  and  d.  Kov.  8,  1826.  Thomas  and  Mary 
Arnold  lived  on  the  Neck  Road,  opjjosite  Swan  Point  Cemetery. 
A  large  elm  tree  stands  in  front  of  the  house,  since  called  the 
Perry  place. 

They  had  two  children  :  Anna,^  b.  Nov.  5,  1779,  d.  in  New 
Bedford,  Mass..  May  28,  1865,  unmarried.  James  Arnold,^  b. 
Sept.  9,  1781,  d.  Dec.  3,  1868.  He  m.  Oct.  27,  1807, 
Sarah  Rodman,  dau.  of  William  Rotch.  Their  only  child, 
Elizabeth  Rotch.  b.  Jan.  17,  1809,  was  m.  March  17, 
1859,  to  Dr.  Charles  M.  Tuttle.  She  d.  Oct.  26,  1860, 
childless,  and  the  line  is  extinct.  James  Arnold  removed 
to  New  Bedford,  and  engaged  extensively  in  the  shipping  busi- 
ness with  his  father-in-law,  Mr.  William  Rotch,  a  prominent 
merchant  of  Nantucket  and  New  Bedford.     They  had  many 

4 


42  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

vessels  employed  in  the  whale  fishery.  His  house  was  sur- 
rounded by  extensive  and  beautiful  grounds,  which  were  freely 
open  to  strangers  and  residents. 

He  left  a  large  estate,  and  by  his  will  bequeathed  $100,000  to 
Harvard  University  for  the  founding  of  the  Arnold  Arboretum, 
on  the  Bussey  estate  in  West  Roxbury,  to  be  in  charge  of  a 
professor,  called  the  Arnold  Professor.  Of  this  sum  the  greater 
part  of  the  income  was  to  be  accumulated  until  the  fund 
amounted  to  at  least  |150,000,  and  the  Bussey  estate  passed 
completely  into  the  hands  of  the  President  and  Fellows.  It  will 
include  about  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven  acres,  and  is  to  be 
laid  out  as  an  open  park  with  suitable  walks  and  roadways,  con- 
taining, as  far  as  practicable,  all  the  trees,  shrubs  and  her- 
baceous plants,  either  indigenous  or  exotic,  which  can  be  raised  in 
the  open  air.  All  the  specimens  are  to  be  distinctly  labelled,  as 
it  is  intended  to  educate  the  public,  as  well  as  the  special  stu- 
dents who  resort  to  it. 

At  a  recent  meeting  of  the  Massachusetts  Horticultural  and 
American  Pomological  Societies  in  Boston,  Sept.  1887,  there  was 
an  interesting  exhibition  of  shrubs  in  fruit  from  the  Arnold 
Aboretum.  The  selection  comprised  branches  from  sixty-eight 
shrubs,  hardy  in  this  latitude,  and  all  in  fruit,  and  as  a  single 
collection,  j^robably,  could  not  have  been  matched  in  the  world. 
The  fruit  was  of  all  sizes  and  colors,  and  the  mass  of  crab 
apples,  buckthorns,  euonymus,  wild  roses,  dogwoods,  sumachs 
and  viburnums,  made  a  striking  display. 

28.  MARY  BROWN  {Jeremiah,^^  James,^  John,^  Chad^), 
b.  July  28,  1740,  d.  July  6,  1801,  was  m.  Sept.  30,  1770,  to 
David  Howell,*  son  of  Aaron  and  Sarah  Howell.  Their  resi- 
dence, on  the  east  side  of  Benefit,  near  Angell  street,  is  still 
standing.  The  following  sketch  is  from  the  "  Biographical 
Cyclopedia  of  Representative  Men  of  Rhode  Island." 

"David  Howell,  LL.  D.,  was  born  in  Morristown,  New  Jer- 
sey, Jan.  1,  1747,  (0.  S.)  and  was  a  graduate  of  the  College  of 
New  Jerse}^  in  the  class  of  1766.  Soon  after  leaving 
college,  at  the  urgent  request  of  President  Manning,  he 
became  his  associate  in  the  College  of  Rhode  Island,  now 
Brown  University,  which  had  commenced  its  existence  in 
Warren  in  1764.  He  was  a  tutor  in  the  institution  three 
years,  and  then  in  1769  was  appointed  Professor  of  Mathe- 
matics and  Natural  Philosophy,  holding  that  office  until  the 
susj)ension  of  college  exercises  in  consequence  of  the  Revolution- 
ary War.  Besides  giving  instruction  in  the  studies  which 
belonged  to  his  special  department,  he  also  taught  the  French, 
German  and  Hebrew  languages.     He  was  Professor  of  Law  for 

*  He  was  probably  a  descendant  of  Edward  Howell,  Gentleman,  of  Marsh  Gibbon, 
Bucking^hanishire,  Eng-.,  who  was  one  of  the  original  settlers  of  Southampton,  L.  I.,  in 
1640.  Before  the  close  of  the  century.  New  Jersey  received  many  settlers  from  Long 
Island  families,  among  whom  the  Howells  were  represented. 


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Fifth  Generation.  43 

thirty-four  years,  although  it  does  not  appear  that  he  gave  lec- 
tures in  that  department.  He  was  for  many  years  the  Secretary 
of  the  Corporation  of  Brown  University,  and  for  fifty-two  years 
a  member  of  the  Board  of  Fellows.  Upon  the  decease  of  Presi- 
dent Manning,  July  24,  1791,  he  was  requested  to  preside  at  the 
approaching  commencement  in  Sejjtember  and  also  at  the  com- 
mencement following,  on  which  occasions,  says  Professor  God- 
dard,  '  he  delivered  to  the  graduating  classes  Baccalaureate 
Addresses,  which,  as  specimens  of  undefiled  English  and  excel- 
lent counsel,  were  deservedly  admired,'" 

"  For  many  years  he  practiced  law  in  Providence,  and  held  a 
high  rank  among  the  members  of  the  Rhode  Island  bar.  He 
was  a  Member  of  Congress  under  the  Confederation,  from  Rhode 
Island,  and  subsequently  was  called  to  fill  offices  of  trust  and 
responsibility  of  the  highest  character  in  the  State.  He  was 
appointed  United  States  Judge  for  the  District  of  Rhode  Island 
in  1813,  and  filled  that  important  position  until  his  death." 

"Judge  Howell,"  says  Professor  Goddard,  "  was  endowed  with 
extraordinary  talents,  and  he  superadded  to  his  endowments 
extensive  and  accurate  learning.  As  an  able  jurist  he  established 
for  himself  a  solid  reputation.  He  was,  however,  yet  more  dis- 
tinguished as  a  keen  and  brilliant  wit,  and  as  a  scholar  exten- 
sively acquainted  not  only  with  the  ancient,  but  with  several  of 
the  modern  languages.  As  a  pungent  and  effective  public  writer, 
he  was  almost  unrivalled  ;  and  in  conversation,  whatever  chanced 
to  be  the  theme,  whether  politics  or  law,  literature  or  theology, 
grammar  or  criticism,  a  Greek  tragedy  or  a  difficult  problem  in 
mathematics.  Judge  Howell  was  never  found  wanting.  Upon 
all  occasions  which  made  any  demands  upon  him,  he  gave  the 
most  convincing  evidence  of  the  vigor  of  his  powers,  and  of  the 
variety  and  extent  of  his  erudition." 

He  died  in  Providence,  July  21,  1824.  The  accompanying 
portrait  of  David  Howell  is  copied  from  Trumbull's  great  paint- 
ing of  Washington  resigning  his  Commission  to  Congress,  in  the 
Rotunda  at  Washington,  D.  C.  The  original  sketch  was  taken 
by  the  artist,  from  life,  in  Providence  in  1793. 

CHILDREN. 

47.    i.     Jeremiah  Brown,  b.  Aug.  28,  1771. 

ii.    Roger  Williams,  b.  Augl  11,  1773,  d.  Oct.  7,  1793.     A  mem- 
ber of  the  Senior  class  of  Brown  University. 
Sarah  Cooke,  b.  June  27,  d.  Julj'  25,  1775,  aged  four  weeks. 
Waitstill,  b.  June  27.  1776. 
Maria  B.,  b.  Feb.  5,  1779. 
Sarah,  b.  Feb.  1,  1781. 

29.  JOHN  BROWN  {Dep.-Gov.  Elisha,^'^  James,'^  John,^ 
ChacP),  b.  Jan.  28,  1742,  d.  May  24,  1775.  He  m.  Wait,  dau. 
of  Charles  and  Wait  (Dexter)  Field.  The  ceremony  was  per- 
formed on  Sunday  evening,  Jan.  25,  1772,  by  Rev.  James  Man- 


m. 

48. 

iv 

49. 

V. 

50. 

vi 

44  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

ning,  D.  D.  She  was  grand  dan.  of  William  and  Mary  Field, 
and  g.  gr.-dau.  of  Thomas  and  Martha  (Harris)  Field.  Martha 
was  dau.  of  the  first  Thomas  Harris.  On  the  maternal  side  she 
was  grand-dan.  of  Stephen  and  Susannah  (Whipple)  Dexter  and 
g.  gr.-dau.  of  John  and  Alice  (Smith)  Dexter.  John  Dexter  was 
the  third  son  of  Eev,  Gregory  and  Abigail  (Fnllerton)  Dexter. 
Alice  Smith  was  dau.  of  John  and  Sarah  (Whipple)  Smith.  The 
mother  of  Susannah  Whipple  was  also  an  Alice  Smith,  but  she 
was  of  another  line,  dau,  of  Edward"  and  gr,-dan,  of  the  first 
Christoiihor  Smith.  Edward  Smitli^  m.  Annphillis  AngelP 
(Thomas^ ),  and  had  a  dau.  Alice,  who  became  the  wife  of 
Joseph^  Whipple,  son  of  the  first  John.  Joseph  and  Alice 
Whipple  were  the  parents  of  Susannah.*  Wait  Field  was  b. 
May  24,  1744,  and  d.  July  19,  1819.  She  was  left  a  widow  at 
the  age  of  thirty-one  with  an  infant  dau.  Martha  Brown.  She 
m.  second,  John  Smith,  Jr.,  born  Oct.  7,  1742,  who  d.  in 
Smithfield,  Feb.  1807.  It  is  said  that  her  second  husband,  then  a 
widower,  offered  himself  in  marriage  during  the  early  years  of 
her  widowhood,  but  she,  fearing  that  a  second  marriage  might 
imperil  the  interests  of  her  \oung  daughter,  who  had  inherited 
from  her  father  the  grist  mill  property  and  a  large  portion  of  the 
estate  of  John  Smith,  Miller,  declined  the  offer.  Her  dau. 
Martha  married  soon  after  coming  of  age,  Oct.  17,  1793,  and  the 
long-deferred  union  of  the  widow  Brown  and  John  Smith,  Jr., 
was  consummated  the  following  winter,  Feb.  13,  1794.  The 
second  husband  was  a  worthy  man,  and  proved  in  every  way  so 
acceptable,  that  Mrs.  Smith  always  regretted  that  she  had  jiut  his. 
love  to  so  severe  a  test.  Such  devotion  is  worthy  of  record,  and 
an  attempt  has  been  made  to  rescue  from  oblivion  the  genealogi- 
cal line  of  John  Smith,  Jr.  It  is  probable  that  he  was  a  descend- 
ant in  the  fifth  generation  of  John  Smith,  the  Mason  {John 
Stnith,  Jr.,^  John,*  Joseph,^  of  Smithfield,  John^^  John/^). 
By  the  second  marriage  there  was  no  issue.  The  only  child  of 
John  and  Wait  (Field)  Brown  was 

51.  Martha,  b.  Sept.  5,  1773. 

30.  JAMES  BEOWN  {Dep.-Gov.  EUsha,^^  James,^  John,^ 
Chacn),  b.  April  27,  1744,  m.  July  19,  1764,  Freelove,  b.  April 
17,  1742,  dau.  of  Colonel  William  and  Susannah  (Dexter) 
Brown,  grand  dau.  of  Colonel  Richard  and  great  gr.  dau.  of  the 
first  Henry  and  Waite  (Waterman)  Brown.  No  connection  has 
been  traced  between  Chad  and  Henry  Brown,  but  their  descend- 
ants intermarried  as  early  as  the  third  generation.  Her  grand- 
father. Col.  Richard  Brown,  built  the  brick  house  on  the  Swan 
Point  Road,  now  in  the  Butler  Hospital  grounds,  which  is  sup- 
posed   to    antedate  the  Elisha  Brown  house  by  several  years. 

*  The  intermarriages  in  the  ancestoiy  of  Wait  Field  are  easily  understood  by  means 
of  an  admirably  arranged  chart  designed  by  one  of  her  great  grandsons,  Charles  Field 
Wilcox. 


Fifth  Generation.  45 

The  bricks  used  in  the  construction  of  these  buildings,  the  first 
of  the  kind  in  town,  were  probably  the  product  of  the  brick 
yard  on  the  Neck,  established  at  an  early  date.  Col.  William 
and  Elisha  Brown  were  at  one  time  partners  in  business.  Rich- 
ard Brown,  brother  of  Col.  William,  died  in  1813,  aged  100  years 
and  13  days.  He  celebrated  the  hundredth  anniversary  of  his 
birth  by  inviting  his  friends  to  a  dance,  and,  it  is  said,  played 
on  a  violin  for  their  amusement.  James  Brown  d.  at  St.  Croix, 
Jan.  6,  1766,  leaving  one  son,  James,  who  married,  but  left  no 
children,  and  this  line  is  extinct.* 

31.  CAPT.  JEREMIAH  BROWN  {Dep.-Gov.  EUsha^^ 
James,'^  John,^  Chain ),  b.  Dec.  28, 1746,  m.  first,  April  21,  1765, 
Mary,  dan.  of  Elijah  and  Hannah  (Barker)  Gushing,  b.  at  Hanover, 
Mass.  (now  Scituate),  Dec.  27,  1737.  She  was  the  eldest  dau. 
of  his  step-mother,  Hannah,  the  second  wife  of  Elisha  Brown. 
He  m.  second,  in  Boston,  Oct.  1791,  Susannah,  widow  of  Thomas 
Bowen,  of  Seekonk,  and  dau.  of  John  Welch,  of  Boston.  She 
was  b.  April  29,  1756,  and  d.  Dec.  16,  1831.  Her  father  is  thus 
mentioned  in  the  Report  of  Record  Commissioners  of  Boston, 
Mass.,  book  No.  13,  page  236. 

May  2,  1733,  "  The  Selectmen  leased  to  John  Welch  of  Bos- 
ton, Carver,  a  wooden  Shoj^  or  building  now  in  his  Possession, 
called  No.  9,  fronting  Dock  Square,  for  4  years  and  3  months  at 
Twenty  Pounds  Pr.  annum.''  In  April,  1736,  John  was  chosen 
one  of  the  Clerks  in  the  Market,  and  in  March,  1737,  scavenger. 
May  35,  1735,  John  subscribed  £15  towards  a  Workhouse.  The 
measurement  of  his  land,  in  1803,  is  found  in  No.  3,  page  349. 
From  John  Welch's  land  over  to  Mr.  Gill's  is  30  feet.  Length 
of  Gill  street  is  214  feet.  From  Ezra  Welch's  house  over  to  Dr. 
Morse's  fence  is  43  feet  6  inches.  In  book  No.  1,  June  6,  1687, 
John  Welch  is  on  the  tax  list  for  1  head — 3  housings,  and  wharf 
and  trucks.  His  name  also  appears  in  several  succeeding  years. 
The  partial  records  given  of  his  family  indicate  that  the  latter 
John  Welcii  was  the  g.  gr.  father  of  Susannah. 

The  residence  of  Jeremiah  Brown  was  on  Smith  street,  on 
land  bequeathed  to  him  by  his  mother,  Martha  (Smith)  Brown. 
It  was  a  two  story  frame  house,  with  a  row  of  Lombardy  poplars 
in  front.  Many  years  since  it  was  burned,  and  the  land  is  now 
used  for  railroad  purposes.  The  following  inscription  is  from 
his  gravestone  in  the  North  Ground.  *' Sacred  to  the  Memory 
of  Capt.  Jeremiah  Brown,  who  was  born  Dec.  38,  1746,  (0.  S.) 
And  after  many  trying  misfortunes  and  vicissitudes  in  life  which 
he  sustained  with  fortitude  and  resignation,  calmly  exchanged 
this,  in  full  hope  of  a  happier  state  of  existence,  Jan.  4,  1817, 
(N.  S.) 

CHILDREN  (by  first  wife). 

52.  i.       AbiCxAil.  b.  June  2,  1766. 

53.  ii.      Catharine,  b.  April  11,  1768. 

*  James  Brown,  of  James,  deceased,  and  Elizabeth  Appleby,  of  James,  Jr.,  were  mar- 
ried by  John  Sayles,  Nov.  25.  1792.  He  was  probablj-  son  of  James  and  Freelove  Brown. 
(See  Marriage  Records  of  Old  Smithfield.) 


46  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

54.  iii.     Mary,  b.  May  19,  1770. 

55.  iv.     CusHi>"G,  b.  Jan.  5,  1777. 

56.  V.      Jeremiah,  b.  Nov.  10,  1778. 

CHILDREN  (by  second  wife). 

57.  vi.     Hugh  Hall,  b.  May  16,  1792. 
vii.    Obadiah,  b.  1793  ;  d.  in  infancy. 

58.  viii.  Ebenezer  Perkins,  b.  April  10,  1797. 

59.  ix.     John  Smith,  b.  Oct.  4,  1799. 

32.  ELISHA  BROWN  {Bep.-Gov.  Elisha ,^  ^  James ,^  John,^ 
ChacP),  b.  June  1,  1749,  d.  March,  1837  ;  m.  April  34,  1774, 
Elizabeth  Bowen,  of  Eehoboth.     She  d.  181 — . 

CHILDREN. 

60.  i.       Ltdia,  b.  Jan.  2,  1775. 

ii.      Deborah,  b.  Dec.  27,  1776;  d.  April  26,  1800. 

61.  iii.     Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  24,  1779. 

iv.     Lucy,  b.  Nov.  1,  1781;  d.  Jan.  25,  1784. 

V.      Elisha,  }  b.  Jan.  20,  1784;  d.  at  Batavia,  Oct.  6,  1802, 

62.  vi.     John,      f . 

vii.    Lucy,  b.  May  24,  1785  ;  d.  May  15,  1787. 

viii.  Alonzo,  b.   Dec    24,    1787;    d.  Jan.  16,  1866.       Buried   in 

North  Ground,  Providence. 
ix.     James,  b.  Oct.  4,  1790;  d.  May  12,  1791. 

33.  ISAAC  BROWN  {Dep.-Gov.  Elislia,^^  James,'*'  Jolin,^ 
Chad^),  b.  May  33,  1751,  was  a  sea  captain,  and  at  the  time  of 
his  death  was  in  command  of  the  sloojj  Hannah.  Nov.  20, 
1793,  he  was  knocked  overboard  by  the  swinging  of  the  boom  of 
his  vessel,  and  drowned.  He  was  probably  stunned  by  the  blow, 
as  he  did  not  rise.  The  Providence  Gazette  of  Saturday,  Dec. 
7,  1793,  thus  refers  to  the  event.  "  On  Sunday  last  arrived 
from  Charleston  the  sloop  Hannah,  late  commanded  by  Capt. 
Isaac  Brown,  of  this  place.  Near  Charleston  Bar,  Capt.  Brown 
accidentally  fell  overboard  and  was  unfortunately  drowned,  not- 
withstanding every  exertion  of  the  mate  and  crew  to  save  him. 
He  was  a  worthy  man,  an  industrious  and  useful  citizen,  and 
his  loss  is  justly  regretted." 

In  the  Custom  House  Book  of  Manifest,  there  is  frequent 
mention  of  Capt.  Isaac  Brown.  June  6,  1785,  he  entered  port 
from  Hispaniola,  in  the  brigantine  Xew  Wenscntt,  with  a  mis- 
cellaneous cargo  of  374  bbls.  of  salt,  molasses,  anise-seed,  limes, 
cordials,  8  tierces  of  Taffier  rum,  coffee,  &c.  Feb.  18, 1788,  he 
returned  from  Cape  Francois,  in  the  sloop  Providence.  His 
cargo  consisted  of  molasses,  salt,  claret,  brandy,  spirits,  turpen- 
tine, old  iron,  &c.  May  3,  1788,  he  entered  from  Charleston, 
in  the  same  sloop  with  corn,  deerskins,  red  cedar,  rice,  indigo, 
potatoes,  brooms,  &c.  There  is  no  mention  of  him  after  Aug. 
13,  1793,  when  he  was  licensed  as  commander  of  the  sloop  Han- 


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63. 

64. 

ii. 

65. 

iii. 

Fifth  Generation.  47 

nail.  He  m.  Jan.  21,  1776,  Amey,  eldest  dau.  of  Christopher 
and  Priscilla  (Carpenter*)  Dexter,  of  North  Providence.  She 
was  the  gr.-dan.  of  Stephen  and  Snsannah  (Whipple)  Dexter, 
and  the  g.  gr.-dan.  of  John  and  Alice  (Smith)  Dexter.f  John 
Dexter  was  the  third  son  of  Gregory  and  Abigail  (Fnllerton) 
Dexter.  Capt.  Brown  lived  on  North  5lain  street,  near  the  pres- 
ent Doyle  avenne.  An  engine-honse,  has,  within  recent  years, 
been  erected  nearly  on  the  site  of  the  old  honse.  Of  their  nine 
children  only  three  snrvived  infancy,  viz,  : 

Amey,  b.  July  7,  1784. 

Isaac,  b.  Oct.  4,  1787. 

Alice  Dexter,  b.  Jan.  3,  1790. 

Epitaph,  North  Ground,  Providence:  "Mrs.  Amey 
Brown  died  March  28,  1844,  aged  94  years,  widow  of  Capt. 
Isaac  Brown,  who  was  lost  at  sea  Nov.  20,  1793,  aged  42. 
Erected  by  her  son,  Isaac  Brown,  as  a  testimonial  of  her 
watchful  care  over  and  unceasing  kindness  to  her  children 
and  grandchildren  during  her  long  and  useful  life." 

34.  SMITH  BROWN  {Dep.-Gov.  EUsha,^'^  James,^  John,^ 
Cha(P),h.  April  12,  1756,  d.  Nov.  20,  1826.  He  m.  Oct.  12, 
1785,  Lydia,  dan.  of  Samnel  and  Elizabeth  (Barker)  Gould,  of 
Pembroke,  Mass.  She  was  the  gr.-dan.  of  Isaac  Barker,  and 
probably  related  to  Hannah,  the  stepmother  of  Smith,  who  was 
the  dan.  of  James  Barker,  of  Newport.  He  resided  the  latter 
part  of  his  life  at  Pembroke,  Mass.,  on  what  is  now  known  as 
Oak  Dale  Farm. 

CHILDREN. 

66.    i.      Samuel,  b.  Feb.  12,  1787. 

ii     Anna,  b.  Oct.  4,  1788;  d.  June  16,  1813. 

iii.  GrOOLD,  b.  March  7,  1791;  d.  in  Lynn,  Mass.,  March  31.  1857. 
He  m.  Nov.  8,  1842,  Mary,  dau.  of  Nathaniel  Starbuck. 
They  had  no  children,  but  adopted  two  daughters,  whose 
history  is  omitted,  as  they  were  not  descendants  of  Chad 
Brown.  "  The  profession  of  a  teacher,  which  he  pursued 
during  many  years,  and  an  inclination  for  philological 
studies,  not  only  taught  him  an  existing  deficiency  in  educa- 
tional books,  but  enabled  him  to  supply  it  by  his  Institutes 
of  English  Gram  war.  This  work  soon  superseded  the 
school  grammars  formerly  in  use,  and  by  its  pecuniary  svic- 
cess,  with  that  of  other  enterprises,  enabled  him  to  fulfill  the 
design  he  had  long  before  formed,  of  presentingto  the  world 
something  like  a  complete  grammar  of  the  English  language. 
This  work,  entitled  The  Grammar  of  English  Grammars,  is 
not  more  a  monument  of  industry  and  exact  and  systematic 
method,  than  of  thorough  comprehension  and  masterly 
analysis.  It  contains  a  '  condensed  mass  of  special  criticism 
such  as  is  not  ekewhere  to  be  found  in  any  language,'  and. 
while  it  is  specially  characterized  by  an  almost  microscopic 
minuteness  of  grammatical  investigation,  it  often  ascends 
into  the  region  of  general  principles.  His  labors,  always 
stimulated  and  sustained  by  a  severe  and  reverential  sense 

*  Probably  a  descendant  of  William  and  Elizabeth  (Arnold)  Carpenter. 
+  See  No.  29. 


48  The  Chad  BROWisr  Memorial. 

of  duty,  were  not  remitted  even  after  his  great  object  had 
been  attained,  and  are  supposed  to  have  hastened  his  death." 
(See  Grammar  of  English  Grammars.) 

67.  iv.  William  B.,b.  March  21,  1793. 

68.  iv.    Elizabeth,  b.  May  10,  1795. 

'vi.  Lydia,  b.  Jan.  14.  1798,  d.  in  Pembroke,  Mass.,  Nov.  22,  1883, 
in  her  86th  year.  Of  the  33  grandchildren  of  Elisha  and 
Martha  (Smith)  Brown.  11  of  whom  died  young,  she  was  the 
youngest  but  one,  and  the  last  survivor.  She  attained  the 
greatest  age  of  them  all.     Two  others  died  at  past  four  score 

,  her  brother  Samuel,  in  his  82d  year,  and  her  cousin, 

Isaac  Brown,  in  his  85th  year.  The  history  of  these  grand- 
children covers  a  period  of  118  years,  from  the  birth  of 
James  in  1765.  to  the  death  of  Lydia  in  1883. 

The  following  sketch  of  her  life,  abridged  from  the 
Woman's  Journal  of  Dec.  22,  1883,  was  contributed  by  her 
nephew.  William  A.  Brown  :  "She  was  the  youngest  of 
six  children,  and  received  what  was,  for  those  days,  a 
fair  education,  both  at  home  and  at  the  Friends'  School  at 
Nine  Partners,  IN.  Y.,  where  her  eldest  brother  Samuel  was 
a  teacher,  and  her  second  brother,  Goold  Brown,  afterwards 
.so  well  known  as  the  author  of  Brown's  Grammar,  and  a 
younger  brother,  the  late  Dr.  William  B.  Brown,  of  Lynn, 
were  scholars.  From  her  early  years  she  manifested  an 
active  interest  in  literary  and  educational  matters.  Born 
and  living  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  her  attention 
was  naturally  drawn  to  the  great  subjects  of  anti-slavery, 
peace,  temperance,  woman's  rights  and  all  moral  reforms. 
She  was  one  of  the  early  members  of  the  Anti-Slavery 
Society,  and  a  constant  reader  of  the  Liberator,  from  its  start 
until,  when  its  work  was  done,  it  ceased  from  its  labors. 
Her  voice  and  purse  were  always  ready  to  counsel  and  assist 
every  worker  in  the  anti-slavery  ranks.  When  slavery 
ceased  to  exist  in  America,  her  heart  prompted  her  to  lend 
all  her  strength  in  aid  of  the  Freemen,  and  in  1865  she  went 
South  as  a  teacher  of  the  race  she  had  so  long  worked  to 
emancipate.  Owing  to  failing  health  she  was  obliged  to 
return  North,  but  she  never  lost  her  interest  in  the  good 
work.  She  was  an  early  susbcriberto  the  Woman's  Journal, 
and  a  frequent  contributor  to  its  columns.  She  was  one  of 
the  most  advanced  believers  in  the  right  of  woman  to  take 
her  part  in  the  management  of  human  affairs,  and  devoted 
much  time,  money  and  thought,  to  the  elevation  of  woman. 
Every  benevolent,  charitable  and  elevating  object  found  in 
her  an  ardent  supporter  and  firm  friend,  and  no  appeal  to 
her  kind  heart  was  ever  unheeded.  Naturally  possessed  of 
a  strong,  retentive  memory,  which  she  retained  unto  the 
last,  her  personal  reminiscences  were  highly  instructive. 
By  her  death  we  lose  almost  the  last  of  the  band  of  pioneers 
in  the  anti-slavery,  temperance,  peace  and  woman  suffrage 
reforms  of  the  country." 

35.  ELISHA  BROWN  {Chad,^^  Obadiah,^  John,'-  ChcuU) 
lived  and  died  in  Grlocester,  R.  I.,  and  was  buried  on  the  Esek 
Brown  farm.  As  before  stated,  information  regarding  this 
branch  of  tlie  Browns,  the  jjosterity  of  Andrew  and  Chad,  who 
settled  in  Glocester,  on  land  separated  by  the  Chepachet  river, 
has  been  derived  mainly  from  the  papers  of  the  late  Col.  George 
H.  Browne,  compiled  more  than  thirty-five  years  since.    In  a  few 


LYDIA  BROWN. 

Born  1st    mo.,  14th,  1798. 

Died  11th   mo.,  22d,   1883. 


Fifth  Generation.  49 

instances  errors  have  been  corrected,  but  in  the  main  the  records 
have  been  copied  rcvlxdiii).  They  are  incomplete,  but  afford  in 
many  cases  the  only  infoi-mation  obtainable,  and  without  them 
this  branch  would  have  had  no  representation.  Elisha  m.  Sarah 
Olney,  of  North  Providence. 

CHILDREN 

i.      Chad  d.  in  infancy. 
69.    ii.    E^EK. 

iii.  Olney.     He  lived  on  the  southwestern   part   of  his  father's 

estate,  married  and  had  a  large  family.     He  is  said  to  have 

been  a  passionate  lover  of  the  chase.     Of  his  children  (1) 

Chad'  m.  Nancy  Wade  and  had  Nancy**  (who  m    Lorenzo 

'  Carpenter),    CJhad*    and   others.      (2)   Marvelvus'    d.    unm. 

(3)  Olney''  was   twice  m.   and  had  children.     (4)  Amey''  d. 

unm.     (5)  Jemc''  m.  and  had  children.     {i^)William''  m. 

Bumham  and  had  children.  (7)  Hancy'  m.  Donnond  Burrill 
and  had  Charles^  and  Lafayette.*  (8)  A  daughter'  m.  Jona- 
than Wade  and  had  children.  (9)  Z^^^c^/ycA"  m.  Anthony 
Clemence.  of  Glocester,  and  removed  to  Connecticut. 

iv.  DoRKis  m.   Esek  Sayles,  of  Burrillville,   and  had  Bebecca,'' 

Chad'  and  others. 

V.    Sarah  m.  Handy.     No  issue. 

vi.  Mercy  m.  Abram  Belknap,  of  Johnston,  and  had  numerous 

descendants. 

36.  JESSE  BEOWN  {Ghacl,^^    Obadlah,^  John,^    ChacP), 
b.  1739,  d.  Sept.  11,  1815  ;  m.  . 

CHILDREN. 

i.  Ann  Phillis,  b.  July  15,  1759,  m.  Philip  Sweet  ;  she  d.  Oct. 
1836,  leaving  a  large  family  among  whom  were  Ethan 
Sweet,''    Jesse  B.  Sweet,''  of   Providence,    Betsy   Sweet,'  m. 

Ethan  Olney,  of  N.  Providence,  and  Sarah  Sweet,  ^  m. 

Harris  and  removed  to  Ohio. 

ii.  Abigail,  b.  Sept.  8,  1761,  m.  Thomas  Owen,  a  merchant  and 
farmer,  in  Chepachet.  Their  children  were  Ann  Phillis, ' 
b.  Aug.  1787,  (?)  Sabin,''  b.  July  19,  1792,  Brown,''  and 
Biith,''  b.  June  30, 1800.  Of  these.  Brown,'  a  seafaring  man, 
d.  young  ;  Sabin,''  a  farmer  in  Glocester,  m.  Susan  Wilbur 
and  had  one  child  Mary  Frances.*  The  si.sters  married 
brothers  and  reared  large  families.  Atm  Phillis''  m.  Hon. 
Ira  P.  Evans,  of  Glocester,  and  had  (1)  Mary,*  m.  Silas 
Kimball,  of  Blackstone  ;  (2)  Rebecca,*  m.  Elisha  M.  Aldrich, 
of  Glocester  ;  (3)  Thomas  O.  *  m.  Emily  Farr,  of  Vermont 

(4)  George  C*  m.  Mary  Ann  Rejmolds,  dau.  of  Jacob,  and 
removed  to  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.;  (5)  Daniel  W.  *  m.  Eliza- 
beth    ,   of  Cleveland,    Ohio;    (6)  Ira  P.  Jr.*    m.  

and  had  several  daughters  He  died  at  Buda,  Bureau  Co. 
111.,  where  his  widow  now  resides.  Biith  Owen,''  sister  of 
Ann  Phillis,  m.  Duty  Evans,  of  Glocester,  and  lived  in 
Providence.  They  had  seven  children  : — Abby  O.,*  Caro- 
line,* Gilbert,*  William,*  Mary,*  Anna,*  Frances.*  Of 
these,  Al)by  O.  m.  Dr.  George  Angell,  son  of  Nedebiah. 

iii.  Amey,  b.  Oct.'  17,  1763,  m.  Nicholas  Smith,  son  of  Capt.  John, 
and  lived  in  Thompson,  Ct.  They  had  four  daughters 
besides  other  children.     The  daughters  were  Hannah''  m. 

Eddy  ;  Elizabeth''  m   ;  Axenath''  m.  ;  Bhoda'' 

m. Torrey. 


50  The  Chad  Broavn  Memorial. 

SIXTH  GENERATION. 

37.  NICHOLAS  BROWN  {Nicholas,^ ^  James,^  James,^ 
John,^  CIukP),  b.  April  4,  1769,  was  educated  at  the  College  of 
Ehode  Island,  where  he  graduated  in  1786  in  his  eighteenth 
year.  Upon  coming  of  age  he  was  admitted  to  a  share  in  his 
father's  business  and  the  firm  became  Browns  &  Benson.  In 
1792,  Thomas  P.  Ives,  who  had  married  Hoj^e  Brown,  sister  of 
Nicholas,  was  received  as  partner.  Four  years  later,  after  the 
withdrawal  of  Mr.  Benson,  the  house  assumed  the  name  of  Brown 
&  Ives  and  soon  achieved  a  world-wide  reputation.  Extending 
its  operations  to  every  part  of  the  commercial  world,  it  was  beset 
by  more  than  ordinary  perils  arising  from  the  troubled  state  of 
Europe  during  the  French  Revolution,  the  wars  of  Napoleon, 
the  war  of  1812  between  the  United  States  and  England,  and  the 
restrictive  policy  of  our  own  government.  But  this  hazardous 
business  of  foreign  commerce  was  steadily  and  successfully  prose- 
cuted, and  the  credit  of  the  house  unimpaired  during  its  long 
career  of  fifty  yeai's.  After  the  death  of  Mr.  Ives  in  1835,  Mr. 
Brown's  interest  in  mercantile  affairs  declined  somewhat,  but  his 
business  activities  continued  almost  to  the  close  of  his  life.  The 
attention  of  the  house  had  early  been  attracted  to  manufactur- 
ing, and  in  1804  Brown  &  Ives  became  interested  in  the  cotton 
mill  at  Blackstoue,  Mass.  Manufactures  gradually  superseded 
commerce,  and  after  the  formation  of  the  Lonsdale  Company,  the 
change  in  the  business  of  the  firm  was  marked.  The  mercantile 
career  of  Brown  &  Ives  was  practically  closed  in  1838,  by  the 
sale  of  their  last  ship,  the  Hanover.  Since  that  time  the  chief 
concern  of  the  house  has  been  manufacturing,  which  has  devel- 
oped into  such  proportions  that  their  establishments  are  now 
among  the  largest  in  the  State. 

In  politics  Nicholas  Brown  was  a  Federalist,  and  from  1807- 
'21  was  in  the  General  Assembly  either  as  Senator  or  Rej^resenta- 
tive.  In  the  Presidential  canvass  of  1840  he  was  chosen  one  of 
the  electors  of  Rhode  Island,  and  gave  his  vote  for  William  H. 
Harrison,  his  last  political  service. 

His  official  relations  with  the  University  which  bears  his  name, 
were  intimate  and  protracted  during  a  term  of  fifty  years.  He 
was  a  Trustee  in  1791.  Treasurer  from  1796-1825,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Board  of  Fellows  from  1825  until  his  death  in  1841. 
In  1804  he  presented  to  the  College  a  good  law  library,  and  gave 
five  thousand  dollars  to  found  a  Professorship  of  Oratory  and 
Belles  Lettres.  In  grateful  acknowledgment  of  his  benefactions, 
the  name  of  the  institution  was  changed  the  same  year  from 
Rhode  Island  College  to  Brown  University.  In  1823  and  1834 
he  erected,  at  his  sole  expense,  Hope  College  and  Manning  Hall, 
and  presented  them  to  the  corporation.  Brown  &  Ives  purchased 
and  gave  to  the  University  in  1829,  a  set  of  philosophical  appar- 
atus adequate  for  any  purpose  of  scientific  illustration.     In  1832 


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Sixth  Generation.  51 

Mr.  Brown  subscribed  ten  thousand  dollars  towards  the  fund  for 
the  Library  and  the  Chemical  and  Philosophical  Departments. 
He  also  contributed  ten  thousand  dollars  to  the  sum  required  in 
1839  for  the  erection  of  Kliode  Island  Hall  and  the  President's 
Mansion.  The  sum  total  of  liis  benefactions  to  his  Alma  Mater 
is  estimated  at  one  hundred  and  sixty  thousand  dollars. 

He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Providence  Atheneum  to 
which  he  contributed  liberally.  For  the  building  of  churches 
and  the  endowment  of  colleges  in  different  parts  of  the  country, 
he  gave  large  sums  annually,  and  no  appeal  to  his  generosity  for 
a  worthy  cause  was  unheeded.  Although  he  made  no  public 
profession  of  his  faith,  he  was  a  life-long  worshiper  in  the  First 
Baptist  Church,  and  warmly  attached  to  the  principles  of  that 
denomination.  In  1793  he  presented  to  the  Charitable  Baptist 
Society  the  property  at  38  Angell  Street,  as  a  Parsonage  for  the 
First  Baptist  C'hurch.  *  In  his  will  he  bequeathed  the  sum  of 
thirty  thousand  dollars  toward  the  erection  or  endowment  of  an 
Insane  Asylum,  The  Butler  Hospital  for  the  Insane  had  its 
origin  in  this  gift. 

He  died  Sept.  27,  1841,  after  a  long  illness,  which  he  bore 
with  Christian  composure  in  the  assured  hope  of  a  better  life. 
The  following  inscription  marks  his  last  resting  place  in  the 
North  Burial  Ground:  "The  grave  of  Nicholas  Brown,  An 
eminent  merchant,  the  friend  of  the  friendless,  the  patron  of 
learning,  the  benefactor  of  the  insane  and  the  liberal  promoter 
of  every  good  design." 

He  married,  Nov.  3,  l':91,  Ann,  daughter  of  Ann  and  Amey 
(Crawford)  Carter,  and  gr.-dau.  of  John  and  Amey  (Whipple) 
Crawford.  John  Crawford,  b.  Aug.  1693,  was  son  of  Gideon 
and  Freelove  (Fenner)  Crawford,  and  gr.  son  of  Capt.  Arthur 
Fenner.  John  Carter  was  an  early  printer  of  Pi'ovidence.  Ann 
(Carter)Brown  died  June  16,  1798,  in  her  29th  year,  leaving  two 
sons  and  a  daughter.  Nicholas  Brown  married  second,  July  22, 
1801,  Mary  Bo'wen  Stelle,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Huldah 
(Crawford)  Stelle,  who  died  without  issue,  Dec.  12,  1830,  in  her 
67th  year.  Benjamin  Stelle,  son  of  Kev.  Isaac,  established  a 
Latin  school  in  Providence,  in  1776. 

CHILDREN, 

70.  1.     Nicholas,  b.  Oct.  2,  1792. 

ii.    Moses,  b.  Sept.  2,  1793,  d.  Julv  17.  1794. 

iii.  Ann  Carter,  b   Oct.  11,  1795,  d  May  1    1828  ;   was  m.  June 
18,  1822,  to  John  Brown  Francis.     (See  No.  75.) 

71.  iv.  John  Carter,  b.  Aug.  28,  1797. 

38.  HOPE  BROWN  (See  No.  37),  dau.  of  Nicholas  and  Ehoda 
(Jenckes)  Brown,  b.  Feb.  22,  1773,  d.  Aug.  21,  1855,  was  m. 
March  5,  1792,  to  Thomas  Poynton  Ives,  b.   in  Beverly,  Mass., 

*  A  new  parsonage  was  erected  in  1884  upon  the  old  site. 


52  The  Chad  Browi^"  Memorial. 

April  9,  17G9,  d.  in  Providence,  April  30,  1835.  He  was  the 
second  son  of  Robert  Hale  and  Sarah  (Bray)  Ives,  gr,  son  of 
Benjamin  and  Sarah  (Driver)  Bray,  and  g.  gr.  son  of  Capt. 
Michael  and  Sarah  (CI ray)  Driver.  He  was  in  the  fifth  genera- 
tion from  Thomas  Ives,  of  Beverly,  Mass.  ( Robert  I/.,^  Capt. 
Betyaiiin,'^  Capt.  Benjamin,^  Thomas'^).  His  parents  dying 
in  early  life,  he  was  committed  to  the  care  of  relatives  in  Boston. 
At  the  age  of  thirteen  he  was  taken  from  school  and  placed  as  a 
clerk  in  the  house  of  Brown  &  Benson,  Providence.  After  his 
marriage  with  Hope  Brown  he  became  a  partner  in  the  business, 
which,  in  1796,  in  consequence  of  the  retirement  of  Mr.  Benson, 
assumed  the  name  of  Brown  &  Ives.  His  executive  talent  was 
remarkable  and  contributed  largely  to  the  success  of  the  firm. 
He  was  a  liberal  benefactor  of  Brown  University,  and  for  forty- 
three  years  a  member  of  its  Board  of  Trustees.  During  twenty- 
four  years  he  was  President  of  the  Providence  Bank,  and  was  the 
first  President  of  the  Providence  Institution  for  Savings,  which 
owes  much  of  its  j)resent  prosperity  and  usefulness  to  the  wisdom 
of  his  early  supervision.  His  benevolence  was  active  but  unos- 
tentatious, and  no  worthy  applicant,  however  humble,  was 
repulsed.  In  his  attendance  upon  public  worship  he  was  con- 
stant and  devout,  and  his  daily  life  bore  testimony  to  the  sin- 
cerity of  his  Christian  principles.  His  integrity  was  unques- 
tioned, his  honor  without  a  blemish.  He  died  in  the  fulness  of 
his  intellectual  j)owers,  before  he  had  attained  the  Scriptural 
limit  of  three  score  years  and  ten,  leaving  to  the  community  of 
his  adopted  city  an  examjjle  worthy  of  imitation  as  a  man  and  a 
Christian  merchant. 

CHILDREN. 

73.   i      Chart.otte  Rhoda,  b.  Dec.  18,  1792. 

73.  ii.    Moses  Brown,  b.  .luly  21,  1794. 

iii.  Elizabeth,  b  Aug.  6,  1796.  d.  March  12,  1818. 

74.  iv.  Robert  Hale,  b.  Sept.  16,  1798. 

V.  Hope  Brown,  b.  May  14,  1802,  d.  April  15,  1837.  "  She  was 
an  invalid  for  many  years,  but  pos.sessed  a  gentle  and  lovable 
character,  and  bore  her  long  seclusion  with  patience  and 
Christian  fortitude.  Premature  disease  blighted  the  l)ril- 
liant  promises  of  her  youth,  and  she  passed  through  a  pro- 
tracted period  of  suffering  to  the  rest  which  awaited  her — 
from  the  trials  of  human  virtue  to  the  scene  of  its  everlast- 
ing triumphs  "  * 

vi.  Thomas  Poynton,  b.  March  25,  1804,  d.  Aug.  15, 1804. 

39.  MARY  BROWX  {Joseph,^ ^  James,^  James,^  John,^ 
CluiiP),  b.  July  30,  1760,  d,  Dec.  8,  1800.  She  is  said  to  have 
been  a  woman  of  great  worth,  possessing  many  and  rare  accom- 
plishments. She  was  married  July  18,  1799,  to  Dr.  Stephen 
Gano,  the  honored  pastor  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  in  Provi- 
dence.    His  ministry  extended  over  a  period  of  thirty-six  years 

•  See  Writings  of  William  G.  Goddard. 


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Sixth  Generation.  53 

from  1792-1828.  He  was  the  son  of  Eev.  John  and  Sarah 
(Stites)  Gano,  and  was  a  descendant  of  Francis  Gerneanx,  a 
Hngnenot  refugee  from  the  island  of  Guernsey,  after  the  revo- 
cation of  the  Edict  of  Nantes,  who  settled  in  New  Eochelle, 
where  he  died  at  the  age  of  one  hundred  and  three  years.  The 
only  child  of  Dr.  Stephen  and  Mary  (Brown)  Gano,  and  the 
only  grand-child  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  (Power)  Brown,  was 
Eliza  Brown  Gano,  b.  Nov.  6,  1800,  d.  Dec.  23,  1877.  She 
was  married  Nov.  7,1821,  to  Josej^h  Rogers,  b.  March  21,  1794, 
son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Eodman)  Rogers,  of  Providence. 
He  died  May  14,  1873.     (By  this  marriage  there  was  no  issue.) 

"  The  predominant  traits  of  her  character — her  deep  piety,  large 
benevolence,  wide  sympathy  and  warm  affections,  showed  them- 
selves early  in  life  and  were  inherited  in  a  large  degree  from  her 
father.  Dr.  Gano,  who  was  so  long  and  devotedly  loved  in  the 
city  of  her  birth.  She  helped  to  found  many  of  the  benevolent 
organizations  of  her  day,  and  to  every  worthy  cause  was  a  liberal 
contributor.  Her  labors  in  behalf  of  Sunday  Schools,  and  in 
missionary,  church  and  prayer  meetings,  were  unceasing  and 
endeil  only  with  her  life.  But  to  the  wide  circle  of  her  relatives 
and  friends  whose  reverence  for  her  memory  is  deep  and  abid- 
ing, it  is  the  thought  of  what  she  was,  rather  than  what  she  did, 
that  is  oftenest  recalled.  Her  wonderfully  sympathetic  nature 
alleviated  the  afflictions,  lightened  the  burdens,  relieved  the  per- 
plexities, and  restored  the  courage  of  all  that  came  Avithin  her  in- 
fluence, or  sought  her  loving  counsels  and  prayerful  intercession. 
Her  many  natural  gifts  had  been  consecrated  to  the  service  of 
her  Master,  and  no  sacrifice  for  the  good  of  others — saints  or 
sinners,  was  deemed  too  great  an  offering  for  the  glory  of  His 
cause.  Perhaps  her  crowning  grace  was  that  of  power  in  prayer. 
Her  strong  faith  bore  to  the  throne  of  mercy  the  penitent,  im- 
ploring supplication  of  many  a  sin-stricken  soul,  till  forgiveness 
seemed  assured  and  despair  gave  place  to  joy  and  peace.  She 
was  a  woman  of  strong  convictions,  but  tolerant  of  the  opinions 
of  others,  and  wherever  she  recognized  the  spirit  of  the  Master, 
the  flow  of  her  sympathies  was  too  broad  to  be  hindered  by  the 
barriers  of  creed  or  faith.  She  passed  in  perfect  peace  to  the 
higher  life,  grateful  for  the  many  mercies  that  surrounded  her, 
and  sustained  by  an  unfaltering  trust  in  the  merits  of  her 
Redeemer. '' 

40.  ABBY  BROWN  {John,^^  James,^  James,^  John,^ 
CJuuP),  b.  Nov.  20,  1766,  d.  March  5,  1821,  was  the  eldest 
dau.  of  John  and  Sarah  (Smith)  Brown.  She  was  married  Jan. 
1,  1788,  to  John  Francis,  a  merchant  of  Philadelphia,  b.  May 
30,  1763,  d.  in  Providence,  Oct.  8,  1796.  He  was  the  son  of 
Tench  and  Anne  (Willing)  Francis,  and  gr.-son  of  Tench  and 
Elizabeth  (Turbutt)  Francis.  Mrs.  Francis  was  early  left  a 
widow,  and  devoted  herself  with  maternal  care  and  solicitude  to 


54  The  Chad  Browx  Memorial. 

the  welfare  of  her  only  surviving  child,  John  Brown  Francis, 
afterwards  Governor  of  Rhode  Island.  He  was  the  special 
charge  of  his  grandfather,  John  Brown,  the  third  of  the  four 
brothers,  who  directed  his  education,  and  in  his  will  indicated 
the  course  he  wished  him  to  pursue  in  succeeding  years. 

The  following  lines  are  quoted  from  an  obituary  of  Mrs. 
Francis  by  the  late  Prof.  William  G.  Goddard  :  "  In  an  exten- 
sive acquaintance  with  the  world,  and  in  the  various  relations  of 
domestic  life,  the  character  of  this  amiable  woman  exemi^lified, 
in  harmonious  combination,  many  of  the  finest  virtues  of  our 
nature.  Her  unaffected  courtesy  and  genuine  hospitality  were 
the  natural  fruit  of  that  law  of  kindness  which  dwelt  in  her 
heart  and  which  indicated  itself  in  a  watchful  regard  to  the 
happiness  of  those  around  her,  and  in  the  exemplary  discharge 
of  those  unobserved  and  less  prominent  offices  of  benevolence 
which  help  to  smooth  the  rugged  corners  of  life." 

CHILDREN. 

i.     Anne  Willing,  b.  Feb.  24.  1790,  d.  May  20,  1798 
75.   ii.    John  Brown,  b.  May  31,  1791. 

41.  SARAH  BROWN*  {See  No.  40),  b.  in  F^rovidence,  Sept. 
5,  1773,  d.  in  Bristol,  Aug.  2.  1846,  was  the  fifth  child  of  John 
and  Sarah  (Smith)  Brown.  She  was  m.  July  2,  1801,  to  Charles 
Frederick  Ilerresholf,  a  native  of  Minden,  Prussia,  then  of  the 
city  of  New  York.  "A  few  months  after  their  marriage  they 
removed  to  Rhode  Island,  their  home  being  alternately  in  Provi- 
dence and  Bristol.  Her  father  gave  her  the  best  education 
obtainable,  and  she  was  especially  proficient  in  music  and  mathe- 
matics, deriving  consolation  and  giving  pleasure  to  others  by  her 
skill  on  the  piano,  which  she  played  in  a  remarkably  correct  and 
brilliant  manner.  Her  knowledge  of  astronomy  also  afforded  her 
pleasure  during  many  periods  of  quiet  life  spent  in  the  country, 
in  the  years  of  her  long  widowhood.  She  was  delicate  in  con- 
stitution, austere  in  presence  and  exact  and  methodical  in  all  her 
daily  vocations.  She  read  much  and  led  a  life  of  ease,  indulg- 
ing her  love  of  music  and  literarv  pursuits  to  her  last  days." 

"CARL  FRIEDERICH  HERRSCHHOFF  (original  spelling), 
b.  Dec.  27,  1763,  was  the  only  chijd  of  Carl  Friederich  and  Agnes 
(Miiller)  Herrschhoff.-  His  mother  dying  when  he  was  but  three 
years  of  age,  his  father  entrusted  him  to  the  care  of  a  friend 
living  near  Berlin,  and  went  to  Italy,  where  he  soon  after  died. 
The  son  continued  during  his  youth  with  his  father's  friend,  an 
author  and  professor.  .  In  1790,  April  1,  he  entered  the  Philan- 
thropia,  an  educational  institution,  then  recently  founded  at 
Dessau.  Here  he  remained  eight  years  until  1787,  when  he  emi- 
grated to  America,  and  settling  in  New  York,  became  associated 

*  These  two  biographical  sketches  were  contributed  by  the  family. 


Sixth  Generation".  55 

in  business  with  a  Mr.  Goch.  The  affairs  of  the  firm  led  him 
about  1792  to  Rhode  Island  on  a  visit  to  John  Brown,  the  mer- 
chant, who  introduced  him  to  his  family.  In  1801  he  married 
Sarah  Brown,  dau.  of  John,  and  after  that  time  was  more  or  less 
connected  in  business  with  his  father-in-law,  particularly  in  the 
develoijment  of  a  part  of  the  John  Brown  tract  in  Herkimer  Co., 
N.  Y.,  Avhere  he  died  Dec.  19,  1819.  lie  was  a  man  of  polished 
address,  highly  educated,  an  accomplished  linguist  in  seven 
languages,  and  a  good  musician.  His  education  and  tastes  were 
illy  adapted  to  frontier  life,  and  were  not  conducive  to  success  in 
the  pursuits  in  which  he  was  engaged." 

CHILDREN.     (All  born  in  Providence. ) 

i.     Anna  Francis,  b.  April  2,  1802,  d.   in  Bristol,  Sept.   4,   1887, 

unm. 
ii.    Sarah,  b.  April  27,  1803,  d.  in  Bristol,  June  2,  1882,  unm. 
iii.  John  Brown,  b.  March  27,  1805,  d.  in  Bristol,  June  11,  1861, 

unm.     Graduated  at  Brown  University  in  1825. 
iv.  Agnes,  b.  July  6,  1807,  d.  in  Providence,  March  3, 1849,  unm. 

76.  V.    Charles  Frederick,  b.  July  26,  1809. 

vi.  James  Brown,  b.  Dec.  20,  1811,  d.  Jan.  4,  1812. 

42.  ALICE  BROWN  (See  Xo.  40),  b.  Jan.  1,  1777,  d.  Oct. 
23,  1823,  youngest  child  of  John  and  Sarah  (Smith)  Brown,  was 
married  to  James  Brown  Mason,  son  of  John  and  Rose  Anna 
(Brown)  Mason.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Brown  University  in 
1791,  Trustee  of  the  institution.  Speaker  of  the  Gen.  Assembly, 
Major  General  of  the  State  of  Rhode  Island,  and  Representative 
in  the  Congress  of  the  United  States.  He  died  Aug.  31,  1819, 
in  his  45th  year. 

CHILDREN. 

i.  Abbt,  b.  .July  17,  1800,  was  m.  July  5,  1820,  to  her  cousin 
Nicholas  Brown,  son  of  Nicholas  and  Ann  (Carter)  Brown. 
She  d.  Nov.  7,  1822,  without  issue.    (See  No.  70). 

ii.     Zerviah,  b.  Jan.  22.  1801.  d.  Oct.  28,  1802. 

iii.   Zerviah  (2),  b.  April  6,  1803,  d.  July  18,  1812. 

77.  iv.    Sarah  Brown,  b.  July  25,  1804. 

78.  V.     Rosa  Anne,  b.  Nov.  10,  1817. 

43.  SARAH  BROWN  {Moses,'^^  James, ^  James,'^  John,^ 
ChacP),  b.  Oct.  16, 1764,  d.  June  26, 1794,  eldest  child  of  Moses 
and  Anna  Brown,  was  m.  to  William  Almy,  who  d.  Feb.  5, 
1836,  in  his  75th  year.  He  was  of  the  firm  of  Almy  and  Brown, 
pioneers  with  Samuel  Slater  in  the  cotton  manufacture  at  Paw- 
tucket,  R.  I.  He  was  a  devout  and  worthy  member  of  the 
Society  of  Friends,  and  a  liberal  benefactor  of  the  Friends 
Boarding  School,  to  whose  welfare  he  was  devotedly  attached. 

CHILDREN. 

79.  i.       Anna,  b.  Sept.  1,  1790. 

ii.      Mary,  b.  July  6,  1793,  d.  March  1,  1794. 


56  The  Chad  BROWjf  Memorial. 

44.  WELCOME  ^^0\<^  {Elisha,^^  Joseph,^  James,*^  John,^ 
Chcid^),  b.  May  12,  1777,  m.  Feb.  6,  1800,  Phebe,  dau.  of 
Joseph  and  Hannah  Farnum,  and  removed  to  Barton,  Vt., 
where  he  d.  March  5,  1850.  He  m.  second,  Nov.  10,  1813, 
Freelove,  dau.  of  Hon.  Daniel  and  Hannah*  (Angell)  f  Owen,  gr. 
dau.  of  Thomas  and  Ruth  \  (Angell)  Owen,  and  also  gr.  dau.  of 
John  and  Lydia  §  (AVinsor)  Angell.  Daniel  Owen  was  Dep.  Gov. 
from  178G-1800  and  one  of  the  earliest  Chief  Justices  of  the 
Supreme  Court  of  Rhode  Island.  He  was  a  large  land  holder  in 
Northern  Vermont,  where  many  of  his  descendants  are  now  liv- 
ing. Oct.  20,  1781,  he  and  William  Barton  received  the  grant 
of  the  town  of  Barton,  Vt. 

CHILDREN  (by  first  wife). 

80.  i.       Eltsha,  b.  June  26.  1802. 

81.  ii.      .Joseph  Fakkum,  b.  June  24,  1804. 

iii.     Amey,  b.  June  22,  1806,  m.  Ebenezer  Allen;  d.  Jan   17,  1851. 
iv.     Clarissa,  b.  Nov.  20,  1807,  m.  Norman  Nye. 

CHILDREN  (by  second  wife). 

V.      Phebe  F.  O.,  b.  Nov.  10,  1813,  m.  Barnabas  Balch;  d.  Aug. 

15,  1847. 
vi.     Wattstill,  b.  May  12,  1815,  d.  Nov.  10,  1815. 

82.  vii.    Damel  O.  ,  b.  Oct.  10,  1816. 

viii.  Waitstill  W.,  b.  Jan.  14,  1819,  d.  Aug.  17,  1842;  unmarried. 

ix.  Welcome  Owen,  b.  March  27,  1822.  A  graduate  of  the 
Medical  University  of  Pennsylvania  in  1852,  and  a  practis- 
ing physician  in  Providence,  residing,  at  present  (1888)  in 
Barton,  Vt.  Was  President  of  the  Providence  Franklin 
Society  from  1869-1880.  This  branch  of  the  family  belongs 
to  the  Society  of  Friends. 

45.  RICHARD  BROWN  {Andrew,^^  Joseph,^  James,^  John,^ 
Chad'^),  b.  June  17,  1789,  son  of  Andrew  and  Dorcas  (Knight) 
Brown,  m.  Feb.  23,  1812,  Penelope,  dau.  of  Joseph  and  Han- 
nah Farnum,  sister  of  Phebe.  (See  No.  44.)  She  was  b.  April 
12,  1793,  and  d.  July  24,  1869. 

CHILDREN. 

i.        Sarah  Akn,  b.  Feb.  11,  1813,  d.  March  4,  1815. 

ii.      Martha  Ann,  b.  Feb.  16,  1815,  d.  of  consumption  July  15, 

1832. 
iii.     Dorcas  K.,  b.   March  29,   1818,  m.   Benjamin  G.  Teel;   d. 

Sept.  13,  1861.     Had  issue. 

83.  iv.     Mary  Jane,  b.  April  6,  1821. 

84.  v.      Obadiah,  b   Nov.  30.  1823. 

vi.  Joseph  Farni':m.  b.  May  16,  1835,  m.  Adelaide  Victoria  Bal- 
lon. He  d.  Jan.  31,  i886.  This  family  are  also  Friends, 
and  lived  in  North  Providence. 

*  Hannah  Angell,''  John,*  Daniel,^  John,-  Thomas', 
t  Daniel  Owen.'  Thomas.^  Josiah,^  SamueP. 
X  Ruth  Angell.''  John,-  Thomas'. 
§  Lydia  Winsor,^  Samuel,-  Samuel'  . 


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Sixth  Generation.  57 

46.  HENRY  BO  WEN  (AVrra/^2«  Obadlah,^^  James  ^  John,^ 
Chad^).  youncjest  child  of  Jabez  and  Sarah  (Brown)  Bowen,  b. 

Jan.  5,  1785,  d.  April  16,  1867,  was  a  graduate  of  Brown  Uni- 
versity in  1802,  and  thirty  years  Secretary  of  State  in  Rhode 
Island.  He  m.  Feb.  11,  1808,  Amanda,  dau.  of  James  and 
Rebecca  (Snow)  Monroe. 

CHILDREN. 

i.  Henry  Lkonakd,  b.  July  5, 1810,  d.  Jan.  '^9,  1865. 

ii.  Harriet  Amanda,  b.  Nov.  28,  1811,  d.  Jan.  13,  1860. 

iii.  Horatio,  b.  May  17,  1814,  d.  Jan.  16,  1832. 

iv.  Wit.mam,  b.  Juiie  16,  1816,  d.  Dec.  16.  1821. 

V.  Caroline,  b  July  9,  1819,  d.  Sept  5,  1838. 

vi.  William  II.,  b.  Oct.  22,  1822,  d.  Jan.  25,  1823. 

85.    vii.  William  H.  (3d),  b.  .Ian.  7,  1834. 

viii.  Charles  J.,  b.  May  30,  1827,  d.  April  7,  1869. 

47.  JEREMIAH  BROWN  HOWELL  {Mary^-^  Jeremiah,'^ 
Jdmes."^  Jolin,"^  (J/iad^),  eldest  child  of  David  and  Mary  (Brown) 
Howell,  b.  Aug.  28,  1771,  d.  Feb.  6,  1822. 

*"  He  was  a  graduate  of  Brown  University  in  the  class  of  1789, 
and  afterwards  studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and 
practiced  in  Providence.  He  was  elected  United  States  Senator 
from  Rhode  Island,  serving  from  Nov.  4, 1811,  to  March  3,  1817. 
He  engaged  much  of  public  confidence  through  life,  and  hehl 
several  important  offices  in  the  gift  of  the  people,  in  the  dis- 
charge of  which  he  was  ever  found  faithful.  As  Senator  in  the 
State  Legislature,  and  afterwards  as  a  member  of  the  United 
States  Senate,  he  was  a  vigilant  watchman  of  the  rights  of  the 
people,  and  always  supported  those  great  Republican  principles 
which  he  considered  best  promoted  their  good  and  the  lionor 
and  welfare  of  his  country."  He  married,  Oct.  17,  1793,  his 
second  cousin,  Martha,  only  child  of  John  and  Wait  (Field) 
Brown.     (See  No.  29.) 

CHILDREN. 

Mary  Brown,  b.  Aug.  11,  1794,  d.  Jan.  10,  1795. 

Elizabeth  Brown,  b.  Feb.  9,  1796 

Martha  Brown,  b.  Aug.  5,  1798. 

Mary  Brown,  b.  Sept.  2,  1800,  d.  March  3.  1801. 

Watty  Field,  b.  Dec.  28,  1801. 

John  Brown,  b.  Dec.  6,  1803. 
vii.  Mehetable  Dexter,  b.  Feb.  17,  1806,  d.  Dec.  19,  1808. 
viii.  Charles  Field,  b.  March  23,  1807. 

Sally  Brown,  b.  May  14,  1808. 
X.      David,  b.  Sept.  19,  1809,  d.  Feb.  28,  1814. 

48.  WAITSTILL  HOWELL  {See  No.  47),  dau.  of  Hon. 
David  and  Mary  (Brown)  Howell,  b.  June  27,  1776,  d.   May  15, 

*  See  Major  Boris'  Biography  of  Members  of  Congress. 


86. 

ii. 

87. 

iii 

iv. 

88. 

V. 

89. 

vi. 

90. 

vii 

viii 

91. 

ix. 

58  The  Chad  Bkown  Memorial. 

1819,  was  married  Jan.  1,  1801,  to  Ebenezer  Knight  Dexter,  b. 
in  Providence,  April  26,  1773,  d.  Aug.  10,  18->4.  Their  only 
child,  Mary,  died  in  infancy.  ''  By  his  last  will  he  bequeathed 
a  large  and  valuable  estate  to  his  native  town  in  perpetual  trust 
for  the  benefit  of  the  unfortunate  poor.  Of  his  munificence, 
the  Dexter  Asylum  and  the  Dexter  Donation  Fund  are  the 
enduring  memorials.  In  grateful  commemoration  of  this  most 
useful  benefaction  the  city  of  Providence  erected  a  monument  in 
the  North  Burial  Ground,  on  the  spot  to  which  his  remains  were 
removed."  He  also  gave  to  the  city  the  Dexter  Training  Ground. 
He  was  a  descendant  in  the  sixth  generation  of  Rev.  Gregory 
and  Abigail  (Fullerton)  Dexter.  {Ebenezer  K.,^  Knight,^ 
Stephev,'^  JoJin,^  jStephen,^   Gregory. '^) 

49.  MARIA  OR  MARY  B.  HOWELL  {See  N,>.  47),  b.  Feb. 
5,  1779,  d.  April  27,  1811,  was  married  to  Mason  Shaw,  of 
Castine,  Maine.  She  is  said  to  have  been  "  a  remarkably  gifted 
woman,  full  of  esprit  and  apparently  much  admired  by  her  asso- 
ciates." She  left  a  large  collection  of  interesting  letters  and 
journals,  all  written  in  her  youth,  and  giving  an  entertaining 
picture  of  her  times.  The  following  incident  of  her  life  is  here 
reproduced,  as  it  is  believed  to  be  worthy  of  preservation,  and, 
outside  of  the  family,  will  be  new  to  the  present  generation. 

Shortly  after  the  death  of  Gen.  Washington,  Mary  B.  Howell 
in  connection  with  three  other  young  ladies  of  Providence,  the 
Misses  Julia  Bowen,*  Sarah  Halsey  and  Abby  Chase,  wrote  to 
Martha  Washington  expressing  their  sympathy  with  her  in  the 
great  loss  she  had  suffered,  and  asking  for  a  lock  of  Washington's 
hair,  to  be  made  into  mourning  rings  for  each  of  them.  The 
promise  was  made  to  wear  the  rings  during  their  lives  and  be- 
queath them  to  their  descendants  as  mementoes  of  the  departed 
President.  She  granted  their  request  and  sent  an  accompanying 
letter,  which  is  here  copied  verbatiri) : 

Mount  Vernon,  March  18tb,  1800. 
Ladies  : 

In  granting  the  request  contained  in  your  Sympathetic  Letter  of  the 
24th  of  February,  I  beg  you  to  be  assured  of  the  grateful  sensibility  with 
which  I  received  your  expressioQS  of  condolence  and  kind  wishes  tor  my 
happiness ' 

If  innumerable  Testimonies  of  respect  and  Veneration  paid  the  memory 
of  my  dear  departed  Husband,  or  if  universal  Sympathy  in  my  afflicting 
loss  could  afford  consolation,  mine  would  be  Compleat.  But  while  I  see  & 
acknowledge  these  with  a  grateful  heart,  I  lind  Consolation  only  in  the 
bosom  of  that  being  by  whose  dispensation  I  have  been  afflicted. 

That  your  Virtues  may  be  exemplary,  that  your  passage  through  life  may 

*  Julia  Bowen,  dau.  of  Fphraim.  Jr.,  and  Sally  Bowen,  b.  Dec.  1,  1779,  was  m.   Oct.  17, 
18()3,  to  John  D.  Martin  ;  d.  July  30,  180.5. 
Sarah  Halsey,  dau.  of  Thomas  L.  Halsey.  d.  Sept.  16,  18G4,  aged  85,  unmarried. 
Abby  Chase,  dau.  of  Samuel,  d.  Feb.  13,  1861,  aged  84,  unmarried. 


MRS.  SARAH   HOWELL  EDDY. 


Sixth  Generation.  59 

be  marked  with  the  Blessings  of  Heaven,  and  that  Happiness  hereafter  may 

be  your  Portion 

Prays  your  Friend  & 

Obedient  Serv't, 

MARTHA  WASHINGTON. 
Misses  Jxlia  Bo  wen, 

Mary  B.  Howell, 
Sarah  Halsey, 
Abby  Chase. 

This  letter  was  preserved  by  Mary  B.  Howell  and  given  by 
her  on  her  death  in  1811  to  her  sister,  Mrs.  Sarah  H.  D wight, 
Avho  presented  it  many  years  after  to  her  niece,  Sally  B.  (Howell) 
Wilcox.  It  is  now  in  possession  of  one  of  the  danghters  of  the 
latter.  Mrs.  Eddy  gave  the  ring  to  her  executor,  the  Hon. 
AVilliam  S.  Patten. 

CHILDREN. 

i.     Sally  H.,  b.  in  Castine,  April  28,  1807,  d.  in  Providence,  Dec. 
1,  1816. 
92.    ii.     Waitstill  Dexter,  b.  Oct.  17,  1809. 

50.  SARAH  HOWELL  (See  No.  48),  b.  Feb.  1,  1781,  d. 
Sept.  :^5,  1859,  was  m.  Feb.  21,  1809,  to  Gamaliel  Lyman 
Dwight.  b.  in  Belchertown,  Mass.,  March  16,  1777,  d.  in  Louis- 
ville, Kentucky,  Oct.  8,  1832.  She  was  m.  second,  Oct.  7, 
1824,  to  her  second  cousin,  Samuel  Eddy,  b.  March  31,  1769,  d. 
Feb.  3,  1839.  (See  No.  11).  By  the  second  marriage  there  was 
no  issue. 

CHILDREN  (by  first  husband). 

98.    i.  Gamaliel  Lyman,  b.  Dec.  3,  1809. 

ii.  Sarah,  b.  Aug.  5,  1813,  d.  Sept.  5,  1815. 

iii.  Sarah,  b.  June  10,  1820.  d.  Oct.  27,  1821. 

iv.  Mary,  b.  April  5,  1821,  d.  ,lan.  5,  1822. 

51.  MARTHA  BROWN  {John, -^^iJep.- Gov.  Elisha,^  ^, Tames, ^ 
John,'^  (JhacP),  only  child  of  John  and  Wait  (Field)  Brown, 
b.  Sept.  5,  1772,  d.  Feb.  14,  1851,  was  m.  Oct.  11,  1793,  to 
Jeremiah  B.  Howell,  her  second  cousin.     {See  No  47). 

52.  ABBY  BROWN  {Capt.  Jeremiah,^^  Dcp.-Gov.  Elislia,-'^ 
James,'^  John,'^  CliacP),  b.  June  2,  1766,  d.  Oct.  24,  1839,  was 
dau.  of  Capt.  Jeremiah  and  Mary  (Gushing)  Brown.  She  was 
m.  Sept.  5,  1790,  to  Nathaniel  Smith,  son  of  Jehu,  b.  July  28, 
1763,  and  d.  April  8,  1814.  For  many  years  he  held  the  place 
of  Naval  Officer  in  Providence.  Their  residence  was  on  Benefit 
street,  present  number,  86.  He  was  a  descendant  of  Christo- 
pher Smith,  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Providence.  {Na- 
thaniel,^ Jehu,^  Edward,'^  Edioard,^  Eduoard,^   Christopher'^). 


60  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

CHILDREN. 

i.  Nathaniel,  b.  Jan.  28,  1793,  d.  uninarried,  Sept.  13,  1863. 
He  was  Cashier  of  the  Roger  Williams  Bank,  Providence, 
from  1810-]  854.  *"  During  this  protracted  period  he  dis- 
charged all  the  duties  devolving  upon  him  with  such  uni- 
form courtesy  and  fidelity  that  he  was  long  considered  the 
model  of  a  bank  officer."  The  .silver  pitcher,  alluded  to  in 
the  following  note,  was  a  testimonial  from  the  Bank,  upon 
his  retirement. 

Roger  Willi.\ms  Bank,  Providence,  Aug.  30,  1854. 
Nathaniel  Smith,  Esq., 
Sir: 

It  gives  me  great  pleasure  in  behalf  of  the  board  of 
Directors  of  this  bank,  to  present  for  your  acceptance  the 
accompanying  pitcher,  as  a  token  of  their  high  appreciation 
of  your  long  continued  and  faithful  services  as  cashier,  and 
for  the  uniform  courtesy  and  kindness  which  you  have  ever 
extended  to  them,  and  to  all  persons  transacting  business 
with  this  institution.  Permit  me  to  express  the  hope,  that 
in  your  retirement  from  active  business,  you  may  find  that 
happiness  and  freedom  from  care  which  you  seek,  and 
which  you  so  richly  merit. 

Yours,  Very  Respectfully, 

JABEZ  C.  KNIGHT, 

Pvest. 

"Blest  beyond  most  men  witli  vigor  of  body  and  exuber- 
ance of  spirits  he  seemed  always  to  create  about  him  an 
atmosphere  of  cheerfulness  and  happiness.  His  honor  was 
without  a  stain,  his  integrity  without  a  blemish.  He  w^as 
alwa_vs  kind  and  charitable,  doing  good  hj  stealth.  Many 
recipients  of  his  bounty  never  knew  to  whom  they  were 
indebted  for  succor  in  the  hour  of  their  distress."  Mr. 
Smith  bequeathed  the  greater  part  of  his  estate  by  will  to  his 
immediate  relatives. 
ii.  Abbt  Ann,  b.  June  10,  1796,  d.  unm.  April  16,  1848.  This 
line  is  extinct.  Their  place  of  burial  is  the  Smith  lot  in  the 
North  Ground. 

53.  CATHARINE  BROWN  {See  No.  52),  b.  April  11,  17G8, 
d.  Aug.  28,  1831,  was  datt.  of  Capt.  Jeremiah  and  Mary  (Ctisli- 
iiig)  Brown.  She  was  m.  Aug.  25,  1796,  to  James  Yerrinton, 
b.  in  Ashford,  Conn.,  Dee.  31,  17T2,  d.  in  Providence,  Feb.  2-4, 
1843.  He  was  a  milhvriglit  and  carpenter,  and  built  the  spire 
of  the  First  Baptist  Church.  The  Yarranton  family  from  whom 
James  Y^errinton  was  probably  descended,  resided  for  many 
generations  in  the  parish  of  Astley,  Worcestershire,  Eng. 
"With  that  disregard  for  orthography  which  prevailed  some 
three  hundred  years  since,  they  were  indiiferently  designated  as 
Y^arran,  Y^arranton  and  Y^arrington.  The  name  was  derived 
from  two  farms,  named  Great  and  Little  Yarranton  or  Y^arran 
(originally  Y^arhampton),  situated  in  the  parish  of  Astley. 

Andrew  Yarranton,  a  distinguished  member  of  the  family,  a 

*  Obituary  in  Providence  Journal. 


Sixth  Generation.  61 

Worcester  ironmaster  and  captain  in  Cromwell's  army  during  the 
civil  wars,  was  born  in  Astley  in  1G16.  Bishop  Watson  said  that 
he  ought  to  have  had  a  statue  erected  to  his  memory  because  of 
his  eminent  public  services."  (See  Industrial  Biography,  Iron- 
workers and  Toolmakers,  by  Samuel  Smiles,  Boston,  1871.) 

CHILDREN. 

94.  i.      Jamrs  Brown,  b.  Dec.  4.  1800. 

95.  ii.     Barker  Tayt.or,  b.  April  20,  1803. 

iii.  Catharine,  b.  March  23,  1806,  d.  June  34,  1838,  in  her  23d 
year.  She  m.  Eliakim  Briogs  and  left  an  only  child,  Julia 
A.,  b.  Nov.  13.  1837,  who  m.  William  H.  Randall.  Their 
only  child.  William  H.,  Jr.,  b.  April  3,  185(3,  m.  Aug.  38, 
1882,  Betsey  A.  Whitman,  and  second,  Aug.  27,  1884, 
Margaret  E.  Cahoon. 

iv.  Sarah,  b  Dec.  25,  1807,  d.  Aug.  20,  1843.  She  was  m.  to 
William  Webster,  son  of  Ebenezer,  and  left  an  only  child 
Eheneser,  who,  when  last  heard  from  some  years  since,  was 
living  in  California. 

54.  MARY  BROWK  {See  No.  52),  b.  May  19,  1770,  d.  after 
1818.  dau.  of  Jeremiah  and  Mary  (Gushing)  Brown,  was  m.  Oct. 
28,  1792,  to  Darius  Allen  who  died  in  Providence  in  Aug.  1804. 
Mrs.  Allen  resided  the  latter  part  of  her  life  in  Newbern,  N.  C. 

CHILDREN. 

i.       Mart,  b  Dec   25,  1793. 

ii.      Abigail  Brown,  b.   Sept    29,  1795,  was  m.  to Kendall 

and  removed  to  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 

96.  iii      Isaac  Brown,  b.  Oct  23,  1800. 

97.  iv.     Darius  Cushing,  b.  March 1802. 

V.      Jeremiah   Nightingale,  b.  Jan 1804.     He  went    to 

Newbern,  N.  C,  between  1815  and  1820,  and  remained  there 
until  1866,  when  he  removed  to  Reno,  Penn. ,  where  he  died 
unm.  in  1868. 

55.  CUSHING  BROWN  (AVieiVo.  52),  b.  Jan.  5, 1777,  d.  1834, 
was  eldest  son  of  Jeremiah  and  Mary  (Gushing)  Brown.  He  is 
said  to  have  been  a  man  of  fine  physical  proportions,  command- 
ing presence  and  much  numly  beauty. 

The  only  child  of  Gushing  Brown  and  Mary  Annes,  was 
Cushing  Broicn,  Jr.,  b.  Aug.  14,  1805,  d.  March  28,  1863.  He 
m.  April  7,  1828,  Eliza,  dau.  of  Job  and  Lois  Freeman.  She 
was  b.  April  6,  1807,  and  d.  Jan.  10,  1881.  They  had  four 
children.  (1)  James  Clark,  b.  March  22,  1829,  d.  Dec.  5, 
1882.  He  m.  Oct.  15,  1854,  Martha  Adella  Matthews,  and  has 
one  child,  Cushing  Francis,  b.  Mav  11,  1855.  (2)  Mary 
Elizabeth,  b.  March  6,  1831,  was  m.  "Oct.  7,  1868,  to  Thomas 
Clifford,  and  has  a  son  Thomas,  b.  May  14,  1869.  (3)  Samuel 
Freeman,  b.  April  21,  1833,  m.  March  31.  1859,  Emily  Brad- 
ford Bennet,  and  has  a  son,  Nathaniel  Smith,  b.  Nov.  15,  1863. 
(4)     Abby  Smith,  b.  March  16,  1835,  d.  unm.  Nov.  29,  1872. 


63  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

The  children  of  Gushing  and  Nancy  (Arnold)  Brown,  all  born 
in  Providence,  were  Eliza,  Henry,  Amey  and  David.     Eliza  ni. 

Slack  and  removed  to  Albany,  N.  Y.,  where  she  died, 

leaving  two  daughters.  Henry  died  in  early  manhood  unni.  at 
Key  West,  Florida.  Amey  d.  unm.  at  the  residence  of  her 
sister  in  Albany.  David  m.  Abby  Winsor,  dau.  of  Job,  and  had 
Josephine,  Henry,  Mary  S.,  Patience,  Frederick  and  Arthur. 
Josei)hine  was  m.  to  Oapt.  John  Luther  of  Somerset,  Mass., 
and  with  her  husband  and  family  removed  some  years  since  to 
the  West.  Mary  S.  was  m.  Nov.  16,  1868,  to  Henry  J.  Spooner, 
a  lawyer  of  Providence,  and  Representative  from  R.  I.  in  the 
U.  S.  Legislature.  They  have  one  son.  Patience,  m.  Charles 
Rice,  and  d. leaving  two  children,  sons. 

56.  JEREML\H  BROWN  {See  No.  52),  b.  Nov.  10, 1778,  d. 
Sept.  30,  1847,  son  of  Jeremiah  and  Mary  (Cushing)  Brown, 
was  a  merchant  of  Newbern,  N.  C,  to  which  place  he  removed 
early  in  life,  and  wliere  he  m.  Oct.  15,  1812,  Mary  Singleton, 
dau.  of  Hon.  William  and  Mary  (Salter)  Blackledge,  both  of 
Craven  Co.,  N.  C.     She  d.  in  1860. 

CHILDREN.     (All  horn  in  Newbern.) 

i.  Mary  Ann,  b.  Aug.  13,  1813,  m.  Col.  George  Whitfield,  and 
removed  to  Florida,  where  she  d.  Oct.  16,  18ol.  Their  two 
children  d.  in  infancy. 

ii.     Benjamin  Woods,  b.  Jan.  31,  1815,  d.  unm.  1859. 

iii.  Edward  Salter,  b.  Dec.  9.  1816,  d.  in  Providence.  Oct.  20, 
1818. 

iv.    Nathaniel  Smith,  b.  Feb.  2,  1819,  d.  unm.  March,  1857. 

V.      Richard  Bi.ackledge,  b.  Dec.  29,  1820,  d.  unm  1858. 

vi.    John,  b   Aug.  2,  18a2,  d.  Jvme  4,  1837. 

vii.  William  Salter,  b.  April  12.  1824,  d   Sept   25,  1824. 

viii.  Philip  Physick,  b.  Aug.  11,  1825,  d.  num.  1873, 

ix.  Thomas  Blackledge,  b.  Oct  16,  1827,  removed  to  St.  Louis, 
Mo  ,  where  he  ni.  Isabella,  dau.  of  Arthur  Leach,  and  has  a 
dau.  Marj'  Blackledge. 

X.      Samuel  Greene,  b.  Sept.  11.  1829.  d.  Sept.  27,  1831. 

xi.    Isaac,  b.  March  17,  1831,  d.  unm.  1858. 

xii    George  Hollister,  b.  Dec  7,  1832,  d.  June  12,  1834. 

xiii.  Henry  Allen,  b.  Sept.  10,  1835,  m.  April  10.  1866,  Harriette. 
dau.  of  John  Anderson  and  Jane  (Butler)  Brookfield,  of 
Newbern,  gr.  dau.  of  Jacob  Brookfield,  of  Rahway,  N.  J.. 
and  also  gr.  dau.  of  Raynor  and  Rachel  (Backus)  Butler,  of 
Conn.  They  have  had  six  children.  (1)  Jacob  B.,  b.  .Ian.  25, 
1867.  (2)  Mary,  b.  Aug  10,  1868.  (3)  Jane,  b.  March  31, 
1870.  (4)  Henry  A.,  b.  July  9,  1872.  (5)  Rachel  E.,  b. 
Aug  2,  1874.  (6)  Isaac,  b.  June  28,  d.  Aug.  10,  1878,  at 
the  age  of  six  weeks. 

xiv.  Evelina  Croom.  b.  Sept.  2,  1836,  d.  June  8,  1861. 

57.  HUGH  H.  BROWN  {!<ee  No.  52),  son  of  Jeremiah  and 
Susannah  (Welch)  Brown,  b.  in  Providence,  May  16,  1792,  d. 
in  Brooklyn,  N.   Y.,   Oct    4,   1863.     He  learned  the  printer's 

(zioo-tAtdM/Ty, 


Sixth  Generation.  63 

trade  of  John  Carter,  and  after  he  became  of  age  carried  on  the 
business  in  Market  Square,  Providence,  until  nearly  the  close  of 
his  life.  He  was  a  devoted  member  of  the  First  Baptist  Church, 
and  for  thirty  years  Clerk  of  the  Warren  Baptist  Association. 
During  that  long  period  he  was  never  once  absent  from  its  yearly 
sessions,  lie  m.  May  23,  1815,  Eunice  E.,  dau,  of  Thomas  and 
Nancy  (Eddy)  Tabor,  b.  July  24,  1793,  d.  in  Brooklyn,  May  27, 
1862. 

CHILDREN.     (All  born  in  Providence.) 

98.  i.       Elizabeth  E.,  b.  Feb  26,  1816. 

99.  ii.      Mary  Allen,  b.  March  5,  1818. 

iii.  James,  b.  Aug.  14,  1820,  m.  No^f.,  1841,  Virtue  Chappell  ; 
he  d.  Jan.  16,  1845.     No  issue. 

100.  iv.    Joseph,  b.  Feb.  19,  1823. 

101.  V      Ann  Frances,  b.  Sept    19,  1825. 

vi.    Charles  C,  b.  June  22,  1829,  d    July  16,  1846. 

58.  EBENEZER  P.  BROWN  (See  No.  52),  b.  in  Providence, 
April  10,  1797,  d.  there  June  IG,  1839,  was  son  of  Jeremiah  and 
Susannah  (Welch)  Brown.  He  m.  April  3,  1821,  Sylvania^  or 
Sally  Jillson  [Oliver,^  Daniel,^  James,^  James^).  She  was  b. 
May  9, 1800,  and  d.  July  1,  1851. 

CHILDREN  (born  in  Providence). 

102.  i.       Samuel  Welch,  b.  Jan.  19,  1824. 

ii.  Ebenezer  Price,  b.  April  14,  1827,  m.  March  18,  1849, 
Mary  Briggs,  dau.  of  William  Foster,  of  Newport,  R.  I. 
He  d.  in  Cambridge,  Mass  ,  June  28,  1883.  They  had  two 
children,  Edicaid  Turner,  b.  Nov.  3,  1849,  d.  March  16, 
1866.  and  Anna  Therem,  b  March  5,  1852,  m.  Jan.,  1880, 
Frederick  Macdonald  of  Cambridge,  Mass.,  and  has  a  dau. 
Theresa  Annie  Brown,  b.  June  10,  1884. 

59.  JOHN  SMITH  BROWN  {See  JVo.  52),  b.  in  Providence, 
Oct.  4,  1799,  d.  at  his  residence  in  Central  Falls,  April  17, 
1876,  was  the  youngest  child  of  Jeremiah  and  Susannah 
(Welch)  Brown.  Of  the  thirty-five  grand-children  of  Elisha 
and  Martha  (Smith)  Brown  he  was  the  youngest,  and  with  the 
exception  of  Lydia  Brown,  the  last  survivor.     She  attained  the 

greatest  age  of  them  all,  and  was  the  last  to  depart Nov. 

22,  1883,  in  her  86th  year.  He  m.  Oct.  16,  1829,  Ann,  eldest 
dau.  of  Richard  and  Abby  (Crandall)  Rounds,  gr.  dau.  of 
Martin  and  Wealthy  (Briggs)  Rounds,  and  g.  gr.  dau.  of  Seth  and 
Esther  (Sooper)  Briggs.  She  was  a  descendant  in  the  seventh 
generation  of  Elder  John  Crandall*  of  Westerly,  R.  I.,  born  in 
Providence,  June  14,  1807,  and  died  there,  May  6,  1887,  in  her 
eightieth  year.     The  burial  place  of  this  family  is  Swan  Point 

'Cemetery.  Elisha  Brown  and  his  wife,  and  nearly  all  their  im- 
mediate descendants  who  lived  in  Providence,  were  interred  in 
the  North  Ground. 

*  Abby,"  Thomas,''  Samuel,^  Samuel, =■  Samuel, =  John  Crandall.' 


64  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

CHILDREN.     (All  born  in  Providence.) 

i.       Ferdin.\.nd  J.,  1).  Sept.  23,  1831,  d.  Feb.  23,  1875. 

103  ii      ABBY  Isabel,  b.  Feb.  8,  1834 

iii.  Mary  Adelaide,  b.  Nov.  25.  1836.  d  Feb.  23,  1841. 

iv.  Ann  Eliza,  b  June  8,  1839,  d.  of  consumption,  April  9,  1854. 

V.  Mary  Adelaide  (2d),  d.  in  infancy. 

104  vi.  Eva  Welch,  b.  June  18,  1848. 

no.  LYDIA  BROWN  {EJisha,^^  JJep.-Gov.  jEJfisha,^^ 
James,'>'  John,-  (JhafP),  b.  Jan.  2,  1775,  d.  Sept.  5,  1847,  was 
the  eldest  child  of  Elisha  and  Elizabeth  (Bowen)  Brown.  She 
m.  Capt.  Colville  Dana,  of  Providence,  who  was  lost  at  sea.  Dec. 
1804,  aged  35.  They' had  six  children.  (1)  Ann  Eliza,  (2) 
Jonathan,  d.  unm.  (3)  Lucy,  (4)  Dehorah,  (5)  Sarah  and  (6) 
Abhy.  (1)  Ann  Eliza  m.  Rev.  James  Bnrlingame,  of  Rice  City, 
Conn.,  where  he  preached  nearly  50  years.  They  had  Sophia, 
Lydia,  James  P.,  Ann  Eliza,  and  John  P.  (3)  Lucy  became  the 
second  wife  of  Rev.  James  Burlingame,  and  had  William  and 
Mary.  (4)  Dehorah  m.  Samuel  Boyd  of  Providence,  and  had 
twelve  children: — Elizabeth,  Colville  D..  Samuel,  William, 
Henry,  Alonzo,  Deborah,  Helen,  William,  Alonzo,  Frank  A., 
and  Philip.  (5)  Sarah  m.  Amasa  Stone  and  had  one  son, 
Walter  D.  They  lived  in  Philadelphia.  (6)  Ahlnj  m.  Nelson 
Sweetland  and  removed  to  New  Albany,  Ind.  They  had  chil- 
dren, among  whom  were  Colville,  Nelson,  Sarah  and  Abby. 

61.  ELIZABETH  BROWN  {See  No.  (iO),  b.  Sept.  24,  1779, 
third  dau.  of  Elisha  and  Elizabeth  (Bowen)  Brown,  was  mar- 
ried May  21,  1801,  to  John  Kinnicutt.  They  had  two  children, 
John  Collis,  and  Sarah.  She  m.  2d.  Robert  Daggett,  (second 
wife),  and  had  two  children  who  died  young.  Her  son  John 
GoU.is,  d.  Oct.  8,  1821,  in  his  20th  year.  Her  dau.  Sarah,  m. 
Ezra  Hubbard,  of  Providence,  and  d.  March  7,  1878,  in  her  74th 
year.  Of  their  five  children  two  died  in  infancy.  Their  dau. 
Sarah  Elizabeth  Hubbard,  was  m.  April  19,  1857,  to  Samuel  A. 
Lewis,  and  died,  with  her  infant  son,  Charles  Edward,  Dec.  16, 
1857,  in  the  21st  year  of  her  age.  Ezra  James  Hubbard,  m. 
Oct.  17,  1861,  Mary  E.  Saunders.  Their  only  child.  Anna 
Cora,  d.  young.  Robert  B.  Hubbard,  m.  Oct.  28,  1862,  Fannie 
Sherman. 

62.  JOHN  BROWN  {Scf  No.  60),  twin  son  of  Elisha  and 
Elizabeth  (Bowen)  Brown,  b.  Jan.  20,  1784,  m.  Aug.  15,  1808, 
Betsey,  dau.  of  Robert  Daggett  *  They  had  five  children  : 
Elisha,  Elinor,  Colville,  Elizabf'th,  Ahhy  Ann.  Of  these, 
Elisha,  b.  April  2,  1810,  m.  Feb.  1.  1820,  Prudence  Wilbur  of 
Taunton,  Mass.,  and  had  nine  children.  (1)  John,  b.  Jan.  1, 
1830,  d.  March  13,  1866;  m.  March  13,  1855,  Hannah  Wetmore, 

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Sixth  Genekation.  65 

and  had  Sophia  Ellen,  b.  Dec.  19,  1856,  Annie  Alice,  b.  Feb. 
13,  1858.  Elisha  Ward,  b   May  34,  1861  and  Axie  Eva,  b.  Feb. 

11,  1863.  (2)  ColviUe,  b.  April  5,  1832,  m.  Oct.  8,  1859,  Ann 
Brogan,  and  had  Susan,  b.  Oct.  3,  1860,  d.  Sept.  30,  1874, 
Margaret  Ann,  b.  Oct.  19,  1862,  Edwin  Wilbur,  b.  Dec.  7,  1864, 
Mary  Esther,  h.  June  7,  1868.  These  last  all  born  in  Dover, 
N.  H.  (The  attempt  to  complete  this  record  was  unsuccess- 
ful.) 

63.  AMEY  BROWN  {Isaac,^^  Dep.  Gov.  Eli^ha,^^ 
James,'''  John,^  Chiid^)\  b.  July  7,  1784,  d.  Dec.  9,  1822,  dan. 
of  Capt.  Isaac  and  Amey  (Dexter)  Brown,  was  m.  in  Providence, 
Nov.  8,  1807,  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Gano,  to  Capt.  Benoni  Cooke,  son 
of  Christopher  and  Rebecca  Cooke,  b.  in  Scituate,  R.  I.,  Aug. 

12,  1781,  d.  in  Smithfield,  R.  I.,  1865. 

CHILDREN.     (All  born  in  Providence.) 

i.  Isaac  Brown,  b.  Nov.  25,  1809,  d.  of  consumption,  Aug.  19, 
1836  ;  m.  in  Newport,  R.  I.,  Nov.  35.  1884,  Abby  Maria 
Hall.  No  is.sue.  His  widow  was  married  in  1838.  to  Tru- 
man Beckwith. 

ii.     Rebecca  Hill,  b.  Feb.  26,  1811,  d.  in  Walpole,  Mass.,  Feb. 
5,    1835.     She  was  m.  Jan.   1,    1834,  to   the  Hon.   Francis 
William  Bird,  of  Walpole,  a  graduate  of  Brown  University, 
and  had  one  son,  who  died  in  infancy. 
105.  iii.  Charles  Dexter,  b.  Sept  19,  1813. 

iv.  Elizabeth  Sherman,  b.  Oct.  1,  1815,  d.  in  Savannah,  Ga., 
April  7,  1837,  unm. 

V.  Martha  Brown,  b.  Dec.  12,  1818,  d.  of  consumption,  Aug. 
19,  1836,  unm. 

vi.  Benoni,  b.  May  3,  1831,  d.  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  of  smallpox, 
contracted  there  while  on  a  business  trip.  Buried  in  Cin- 
cinnati, Dec.  17, 1854.     He  was  unmarried. 

64.  ISAAC  BROWN  {See  No.  63),  b.  Oct.  4.  1787,  d.  Sept. 
7,  1872,  son  of  Capt.  Isaac  and  Amey  (Dexter)  Brown,  m.  Ajiril 
1,  1810,  Lydia,  dau.  of  Nathaniel  and  Lydia  Leonard  (Cobb) 
Williams,  of  Dighton,  Mass.  She  was  a  descendant  in  the  sixth 
generation  of  Richard  Williams  of  Taunton,  Mass.  {Lj/dia,^ 
JSFathaniel,^  Kathaniel,^  Saranel,^  Samuel,^  Jiichard.^)  She  was 
b.  March  3,  1784,  and  d.  May  28. 1848.  They  had  six  children. 
He  m.  2d  Jan.  30,  1850,  Caroline,  dau.  of  Otis  Bartlett,  of 
Smithfield,  R.  I.     No  issue. 

The  following  is,  in  part,  abridged  from  an  obituary  notice  in 
the  Providence  Journal:  ''With  the  exception  of  a  brief 
period  in  his  youth,  when  he  lived  in  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  and 
in  Boston,  Mr.  Brown  passed  his  life  in  the  city  of  his  birth. 
He  was  long  a  merchant  on  South  Water  street,  in  the  well 
known  house  of  Cooke  and  Brown.  The  firm  built  for  resi- 
dences two  fine  mansions  on  South  Main  street,  which  were  re- 
garded as  very  elegant  structures  in  those  days,  and  were  some- 


66  The  Chad  Browx  Memorial. 

times  called  the  *  down  town  palaces.'  The  more  northern  of 
these  in  which  Mr.  Brown  lived  for  many  years  and  died,  is 
now  (1888)  occupied  by  his  widow. 

"  His  partner  and  brother-in-law,  Mr.  Cooke,  some  years  before 
his  death,  removed  to  his  farm  in  Smithfiekl.  R.  I.,  and  his 
house  has  j)assed  out  of  the  possession  of  his  descendants. 
Throughout  his  long  life  of  nearly  eighty-five  years,  Mr.  Brown 
maintained  an  unstained  reputation  as  a  merchant  and  a  citizen. 
He  was  a  man  of  dignified  and  austere  manners,  of  old-fashioned 
integrity,  and  though  of  kindly  nature,  severe  in  his  estimate 
of  modern  innovations  upon  morals  and  manners,  and  exacting 
in  requiring  of  others  the  strict  and  careful  honesty  that  nature 
had  implanted,  and  that  habit  had  strengthened  in  himself. 
He  held  at  different  times  several  municipal  trusts  ;  was  in  the 
Common  Council  from  1833  to  1835,  superintended  the  first 
alterations  of  the  old  Market  House,  when  it  was  fitted  up  for 
the  use  of  the  city  government,  and  was  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee appointed  by  the  town  of  Providence  to  superintend  the 
erection  of  the  Dexter  Asylum,  in  accordance  with  the  will  of 
Elienezer  Knight  Dexter.  The  work  was  commenced  in  1826 
and  completed  in  1830.  His  associates  on  the  committee  were 
Governor  Caleb  Earle  and  Truman  Beckwith,  the  latter,  his 
brother-in-law.  He  was,  for  many  years,  a  director  in  the  old 
Providence  Bank  and  in  the  Providence  Institution  for  Savings, 
and  was  the  first  Treasurer  of  the  Providence  and  Worcester 
Railroad  Company. 

"An  active  member  of  the  First  Congregational  Society  (Uni- 
tarian), he  took  a  deep  and  continual  interest  in  its  prosperity. 
His  vigorous  constitution  and  regular  and  temperate  habits  main- 
tained him  in  remarkable  health  until  past  the  age  of  four  score, 
and  he  died  after  a  short  illness  with  brief  suffering,  leaving  be- 
hind him  a  good  name  and  the  record  of  a  useful  life.  He  was 
buried  in  his  family  plot  at  the  Xorth  Burial  Ground." 

CHILDREN  of  Isaac  and  Lydia  (Williams)  Brown. 

106.  i.      Nathaniel  Williams,  b  Feb.  22,  1811. 

ii.  Alice,  b  Nov.  8,  1812,  d.  Aug  81,  1881.  Slie  was  m  May 
9,  1842,  to  Moses  B  Lockwood,  son  of  Benoni  and  Phebe 
(Greene)  Lockwood,  b.  Aug.  25,  1815,  d.  May  13,  1872. 
No  issue. 

107.  iii    Amey  Dextep,  b.  Feb.  22,  1814. 

iv.  Mary  Williams,  b.  April  4,  1817,  was  m.  March  29,  1843,  to 
Rev.  Josiah  P.  Tustin,  D.  D.,  b.  April  3,  1817,  d.  in  Phila- 
delphia. Dec.  27,  1887. 

V.    Adeline,  b.  April  9.  1820. 

vi.  Isaac,  b.  .July  12,  1825.  d.  .July  1,  1665  ;  m.  May  9,  1854, 
Caroline  B  Evans.     No  issue. 

65.  ALICE  D.  BROWX  {See  No.  63),  b.  Jan.  2, 1790,  d.  Aug. 
19,  1837,  dau.  of  Capt.  Isaac  and  Amey  (Dexter)  Brown,  was 
m.  Aug.  15,  1814,  to  Truman  Beckwith,  son  of  Rev.  Amos  and 


Sixth   Generation.  67 

Susan  (Truman)  Beckwith,  of  Lyme,  Conn.,  b.  Oct.  15,  1783, 
d.  May  2,  1878,  aged  ninety-four  years,  six  months  and  seven- 
teen days.  His  twin  brother  Daniel  died  in  1854.  When  a  hid 
of  nine  vears  Truman  Beckwitli  came  to  Providence  to  live 
with  his  imcle,  Dr.  Nathan  Truman,  in  whose  apothecary's  shop 
he  acquired  much  knowledge  of  medicine,  and  thus  gained  the 
familiar  appellation  of  Doctor.  In  1806  ill  health  led  him  to  visit 
Savannah,  Ga..  where  he  entered  into  business,  keeping  a  gen- 
eral store  for  some  years,  and  later,  buying  cotton  on  commis- 
sion. After  his  marriage  in  1815  he  settled  in  Providence, 
where  he  dealt  chiefly  in  cotton  and  cotton  goods.  From  1817 
to  1839  he  had  as  partner  Luther  Pearson,  under  the  firm  name 
of  Beckwith  and  Pearson.  In  1838  he  married  his  second  wife, 
Mrs.  Abby  M.  Cooke,  of  which  marriage  there  was  no  issue. 
After  fifty-five  years  of  business  as  a  cotton  merchant,  during  a 
part  of  which  time  he  was  the  largest  dealer  in  Providence,  he 
retired  in  1861,  devoting  himself  to  the  care  of  his  estate,  which 
he  largely  increased  by  wise  management  and  judicious  invest- 
ments. He  was  a  man  of  great  energy  and  industry,  sagacious 
and  prompt  in  business,  and  never  disheartened  by  reverses. 
He  had  a  good  knowledge  of  law  and  scientific  matters,  and  was 
gifted  with  a  keen  insight  into  the  true  character  of  men  and 
events.  Possessing  a  vein  of  humor  he  uttered  many  sayings 
which  became  proverbial.  Though  a  man  of  more  reflection 
than  words,  he  was  an  agreeable  companion  and  fond  of  relating 
his  reminiscences.  Allusion  has  been  made  to  his  services  in  re- 
gard to  the  Dexter  Asylum.  He  was  also  on  the  building  com- 
mittees for  the  erection  of  the  two  AVhat  Cheer  buildings  and  for 
changes  in  the  First  Baptist  Meeting  House.  In  1827  he  built 
his  brick  residence  on  the  corner  of  College  and  Benefit  streets, 
where  he  lived  for  fifty  years.  This  house  contains  the  first  grate 
that  was  used  for  burning  anthracite  coal  in  Providence.  Al- 
though not  a  church  member,  Mr.  Beckwith  was  a  devout 
attendant  upon  religious  services  during  the  whole  of  his  long 
life.  His  mind  remained  unimpaired  almost  to  the  close  of  his 
days. 

CHILDREN  of  Truman  and  Alice  (Brown)  Beckwith. 

lOS.  i.       Su8AN  Truman,  b.  -June  13,  1815. 

ii.      Amey  B«own,  b.  1817,  d.  .June  23,  1825. 

iii.  Henry  Trtjman,  b.  Dec.  22,  18J8.  Compiler  of  tlie  Brown 
Genealogy.  1851.  Mr.  Beckwith  is  a  member  of  the  R.  I. 
Historical  Society,  and  was  its  Secretary  from  1851-1861. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  New  England  Historic  Geneal- 
ogical Society,  and  Corresponding  member  of  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Historical  Society.  He  was  Treasurer  of  the  Provi- 
dence Athenaeum  from  1850-1860. 

iv.     Abby  Greene,  b.  Oct.  4,  1820. 
109.   V.      Amos  Newell,  b.  Dec.  4,  1822. 

vi.     Isaac  Brown,  b.  .Jan.  7,  d.  Aug.  8,  1825. 


68  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

Q6.  SAMUEL  BROWN  (Smith,^^  Bep.  Gov.  Biis/ia,'^^ 
James, '^  Jo/in,^  ChafU),  b.  Feb.  13,  1787,  d.  Aug.  19,  1868, 
son  of  Smith  and  Lydia  (Goold)  Brown,  in.  March  6,  1816, 
Maria,  dau.  of  George  Gorham and  Lydia  (Chase)  Hussey,  of  Nan- 
tucket, Mass.,  gr.  dau.  of  George  and  Deborah  (Paddock) 
Hussey,  and  also  gr.  dau.  of  Francis  and  Naomi  (Chase)  Chase. 
She  was  born  Dec,  1.  1792,  and  d.  Nov.  22,  18G8. 

CHILDREN. 

i.       Ann,  b.  Sept.  28,  1818  ;  was  m.  Feb.  6,  1844,  to  Jo.seph  S. 

Barnard,  who  d.  Jan.  21,  1885.     They  had  two  .sons,  Oenrge 

•  Albert,  b.  Jan.  11,  1845,  and  Edward  Goold,  b.  Oct.  23,  1847, 

m.  Sept.  4,  1878,  Esther  F.  Haskins.     No  issue.     Mrs.  Ann 

Barnard  lives  in  Pembroke,  Mass. 

ii.  Sarah  Joy.  b.  Nov.  24,  1820.  Unmarried,  and  resides  at 
Pembroke. 

iii.  Lydia  Gooi.d,  b.  Aug.  27,  1822,  was  m.  Jan.  1,  1843,  to 
Nathaniel  K.  Randall,  who  died  Dec.  29,  1884.  They  had 
three  children  :  (1)  Charles  FrankUn,  b.  Dec.  5.  1848,  has 
lived  since  1872  in  Brazil,  S.  A.,  where  he  m.,  Oct.  10,  1874, 
Mary  Ann  Sterlinsr  Doherty  of  Louisiana,  and  has  liad  five 
children— Nathaniel  C,  b.  Sept.  20.  1875,  d.  Oct.  23,  1876; 
Samuel  Dohertv,  b.  Nov.  16,  1877;  Lydia  G.,  b.  June  5, 
1879,  d.  June  1,^1881  ;  Minerva,  b  Sept.  9, 1880  ;  Guy  Hart- 
well,  b.  July  17,  1888  (2)  Elizabeth  Chase,  b.  March  14, 
1852,  d.  March  26,  1874.  (3)  Annie  Gould,  b.  Sept.  4,  1863, 
d.  Sept.  4,  1865. 

iv.  Joseph  Gould  Bkown,  b.  June  19,  1825,  m.  Dec.  30,  1854, 
Catharine  M.  Bostwick.  He  is  a  merchant  of  Lynn,  Mass., 
where  they  reside  Tliey  have  five  children.  (1)  Maria,  b. 
March  13,  1856,  was  m.  Oct.  29,  1878,  to  Charles  J.  H. 
Woodbury,  of  Lynn,  and  has  three  daughters,  viz.,  Emma 
Louise,  b.  Oct.  26,  1879  ;  Laura  Brown,  b.  April  13,  1881  ; 
Alice  Porter,  b.  Oct.  26,  1883,  (2)  Laura  Lorirtg,  h.  Dec. 
28,  1858,  was  m.  Oct.  26,  1880,  to  Henry  B.  Spraa'ue. 
(3)  Cora  E.,  b.  July  18,  1863.  (4)  Mary  Emma,  b.  Dec.  9, 
1864.     (5)  Bethany  Smith,  b.  Jan.  10,  1871. 

V.  Elizabeth,  b.  Aug.  25,  1827,  was  m.  Oct.  13,  1864,  toJabez 
Wood  of  Acushnet,  Mass.     She  d.  June  25,  1868. 

vi.  Geobge  Smith  Brown,  b.  Oct.  6,  1829.  Is  unmarried  and  re- 
sides in  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

vii.  William  Austin  Brown,  b.  Oct.  11,  1832,  m.  May  23,  1859, 
Anna  Maria,  dau.  of  Philip  Chase,  b.  Oct.  lo,  1830.  He  is 
a  resident  of  Lynn,  where  he  is  engaged  in  the  manufacture 
of  all  kinds  of  Coffee  Machinery.  In  the  prosecution  of  his 
business,  he  has  traveled  extensively  in  Central  America  and 
South  America,  and  has  resided,  for  long  periods,  in  Brazil. 
Thev  have  had  four  children.  (1)  Samuel  Goold,  b.  May 
16,  1860.     (2)  Abhi/  Chase,*  b.  Aug.  21,  1861,   d.  April  26, 

*  The  death  of  tliis  eldest  dcaughter  was  au  occasion  of  deep  bereavement  to  her 
family  and  a  wide  circle  of  relatives  and  friends,  to  whom  she  was  endeared  by  her 
many  excellencies  of  her  character.  Her  sympathies  were  enlisted  in  all  things  that 
promised  to  better  humanity,  and  she  gave  her  whole  heart  to  labors  in  the  temperance 
cause,  the  Sabbath  School  and  missionary  work.  Could  h^r  life  have  been  spared,  no 
one  would  have  perused  with  greater  interest  these  memoirs  of  her  kindi-ed,  whose  pub- 
lication she  anticipated  with  so  much  pleasure.  Suddenly,  in  the  bloom  of  youth,  she 
was  called  home,  but  the  memory  of  her  virtues  Uugers  like  a  benediction  in  the  hearts 
of  those  who  loved  her.  while  they  derive  sweet  consolation  from  the  promise,  "  Blessed 
are  the  pure  in  heart,  for  they  shall  see  God." 


SAMUEL  BEOWN. 

Born   2cl  mo.,  12tli,  1787. 

Died  8th  mo,,  19th,  186?. 


Residence  of  the  late  Samuel  Brown, 
PEMBROKE,   MASS. 

Now  owned  by  his  grandsons  Samuel  Goold  Brown, 
and  William  Allerton  Brown. 


Sixth  Generation.  69 

188r).     (3)   Alice,  h.  July  5,  1863.     (4)  William  Alltrton,  h. 
Jan.  25,  1865. 
viii.  Moses  Brown,  b.  March  30,  1835,  d.  Dec.  28,  1861.     He  was 
a  graduate  of  the  Chandler  Scientific  School  of  Dartmouth, 
N.  H.,  in  class  of  1858. 

6?.  WILLIAM  B.  BROWN  {^See  No.  66),  b.  March  21,  1793, 
d.  Feb.  7,  185-^,  son  of  Smith  and  Lydia  (Cloold)  Brown,  was  a 
physician  of  Lynn,  Mass.,  where  he  m.  Nov.  8,  1827,  Beulah 
Purington      She  d.  Dec.  25,  1875. 

They  had  two  sons.  (1)  William  Gould,  b.  July  18,  1830.  d. 
Dec.  25,  1887,  m.  March  3,  1850,  Clarinda  C.  Jillson,*  and  had 
James  H.,  b.  Aug.  9,  1860,  d.  Aug.  9,  1861,  and  George  W.,  b. 
Jan.  13,  1865.  (2)  Charles  P.,  b.  June  19,  1833,  m.  Oct.  5, 
1861,  Vera  L.  Brackett,  and  has  Martin  W.,  b.  Sept.  17,  1862, 
and  Jennie  L.,  b.  March  1,  1864. 

68.  ELIZABETH  BROWN  (See  No.  %(S),  b.  May  5,  1795,  d. 
Nov.  20,  1823,  dau.  of  Smith  and  Lydia  (Goold)  Brown,  was 
m.  May  3,  1821,  to  James  01iver,f  of  Lynn,  Mass. 

They  had  two  daughters.  (1)  'Lydia  Maria,  b.  March  18, 
1822,  d.  Nov.  29,  1828.  (2)  EUzaheth  Brown,  b.  Oct.  7,  1823, 
was  m.  June  28,  1843,  to  Pliny  Earle  Chase,  b.  at  Worcester, 
Mass.,  in  1820,  d.  at  Haverford,  Penn.,  Dec.  17,  1886.  He 
graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1839,  and  soon  after  settled  in 
Philadelphia,  where  he  engaged  in  teaching.  Later,  he  turned 
his  attention  to  mercantile  pursuits  and  devoted  his  leisure  to 
scientific  researches.  In  1871  he  became  Professor  of  Physics, 
and  afterwards  of  Languages  in  Haverford  College,  with  which 
institution  his  brother  Thomas  Chase  was  long  connected,  and 
latterly  as  President.  J  Professor  Chase  was  one  of  the  most 
accomplished  linguists  in  the  country,  and  excelled  also  as  a 
scientist.  He  wrote  many  valuable  i^roductions  which  were 
published  in  the  proceedings  of  the  American  Philosophical 
Society,  of  which  he  was  Vice-President,  and  in  several  scientific 
journals  of  London,  Dublin  and  Edinburgh.  He  received  the 
Magellan  medal  in  1864  for  a  paper  on  the  "Numerical  Regula- 
tions of  Gravity  and  Magnetism,"  and  gave  valuable  assistance 
to  the  company  of  which  he  was  a  member,  formed  for  the  purpose 
of  revising  the  English  version  of  the  Old  Testament,  completed 
in  1885. 

They  had  six  children.  (1)  James  J.,  b.  April  3,  1844,  m. 
Dec.  7,  1870,  Mabel  Elma  Marshall,  and  had  Oscar  Marshall,  b. 
Dec.  16,  1871  ;  Warren  Abner,  b.  Aug.  27,  1875,  d.  July  3, 
1876;  Ann  Eliza,  b.  June  27,   1881.     (2)  Eliza.  B.,  b.  Feb.  11, 

*  Clarinda,'  George,'  Abel,'^  Daniel,'  Daniel,^  James,-  James'  Jillson.  See  "  Jillson 
Genealogy." 

t  James  E.  Oliver,  a  son  of  the  second  wife,  is  Professor  of  Mathematics  at  Cornell 
"University. 

t  At  the  time  of  his  death.  Prof.  Pliny  E.  Chase  was  Acting  President  of  Haverford 
College. 


70  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

1846.  (3)  Edward  O.,  b.  Oct.  28,  1850,  m.  June  27,  1878, 
Elizabeth  Ellen  Flanders,  and  has  a  dau,  Edith  Maria,  b.  Aug. 
4,  1879.  (4)  William  Barker,  b.  Jan.  6,  1853,  d.  May  26,  1872. 
(5)   Maria  B.,  b.  Sept.  14,  1856.    (6)  Harriet  Kennedy,  b.  July 

4,  1862. 

69.  ESEK  BROWN  {Elishafi  Chad,^^  Obadiah,^  John,^ 
C/tad^),  son  of  Elisha  and  Sarah  (Olney)  Brown,  lived  in  Glo- 
cester  on  a  part  of  the  estate  of  his  grandfather  Chad.  His 
name  apj^ears  as  Ensign  of  the  Third  Company  of  Trained  Mili- 
tary Bands  of  Glocester  in  1781  and  1784,  and  as  Lieutenant  in 
the  Fourth  State  Regiment  in  1800.  In  1788  he  voted  against 
the  adoption  of  the  new  Constitution.  He  was  an  officer  in  the 
Continental  army  (see  History  of  Glocester),  and  in  this  connec- 
tion an  anecdote  has  been  preserved  that  seems  worth  relating. 

Though  small  of  stature  he  was  remarkably  active  and  exceed- 
ingly quick  in  his  movements.  While  stationed  near  Xewport, 
a  British  officer,  a  man  of  large  size,  was  captured  and  brought 
into  camp.  Watching  his  opi^ortunity  when  the  officers  were 
dismounted  or  engaged,  he  started  on  a  full  run  over  fences  and 
across  ditches,  and  soon  outstripped  all  his  pursuers  except 
Esek,  who  kept  close  at  his  heels.  The  Britisher  endeavored  to 
leap  a  ditch,  but  at  that  moment  Esek  caugjit  him  by  the  coat, 
and  jerking  him,  standing,  into  the  ditch,  held  on  from  behind 
to  each  ear,  until  he  was  secured.  Much  annoyed  at  being 
caught  by  so  little  a  fellow  whom  he  ought  to  have  taken  and 
put  in  his  pocket,  he  returned,  crestfallen,  to  camp  amid  the 
laughter  of  his  captors. 

Esek  Brown  acquired  a  considerable  estate  in  Northern  Ver- 
mont, where  some  of  his  descendants  now  live.  He  m.  Mary, 
dau.  of  Israel  and  Mercy  (Whipple)  Sayles,  g?.  dau.  of  Richard 
and  Mary  (Phillips)  Sayles,  and  g.  gr.  dau.  of  John  Sayles,  who 
was  son  of  John  and  Mary  (Williams)  Sayles,  and  gr.  son  of 
Roger  Williams.  She  was  born  in  1764,  and  died  many  years 
before  her  husband.  They  had  sixteen  children,  of  whom  several 
died  in  infancy.     The  following  list  is  not  complete. 

i.  James,  the  third  son,  b.  in  Glocester,  m.  Polh',  dau.  of 
Tliomas  and  gr.  dau.  of  Gov.  Daniel  *  Owen,  and  removed 
to  Westrield,  Orleans  Co.,  Vt.  They  had  Sarah,  Matilda, 
James,  Whipple,  Arnold,  Celia,  Ruth,  Mary,  Luring,  Ahhy, 
Ellen— W  children. 
110.    ii       Elisha 

iii.  Sayles  lived  in  Glocester.  and  occupied  his  father's  home- 
stead. He  is  said  to  have  been  an  industrious  and  kind 
hearted  man.  He  m.  Freelove,  dau.  of  Sylvanus  and  Lucy 
Keech,  and  had  Almira,  Polly,  Urana,  Lucy,  John,  Caroline, 
Miranda,  James,  Ann,  Martin — 10  children. 

iv.  Dorcas  m.  John  Whipple,  of  Burrillville,  and  had  Ahby.  m. 
Alvah  Mo  wry,  Florella,  John — 3  children. 

*  Gov.  Daniel,*  Tbomas,^  Josiah,=  Samuel'  of  Whales. 


Sixth  Generation.  71 

V.     Polly  m    Arnold  Owen,  grandson  of    Gov.  Daniel    Owen, 

They  resided  in  Glocester  and  had  Fiddin,  m. Chace,  and 

had   three  children  ;  Ora,  removed  to  Boston  ;    Broint  m. 

Randall  and  died  on  a  journey  to  California,  leaving  two 

children,  George  A.  and  Laura,  (m. Eaton,  of  Thomp- 
son, Ct.  and  had  one  child)  ;  Matilda,  Daniel,  E»ek,  and  one 
or  two  died  young,  —  7  or  8  children. 

vi.  Sakah  m.  James  Reynolds  of  Glocester,  and  had  Emily,  m. 
Alexander  Bridghani,  and  had  Caroline  and  Robert ;  Celinda 
m.  Lewis  Day, "and  had  James  H.,  All)ert  F.,  George  L., 
and  William  Edgar  ;  Jami's  m.  Caroline  Winsor,  and  had 
Reuben  A.,  William  Henry,  and  Anna  ;  Francis,  b.  Sept.  9, 
1831,  m.  1842,  Mary  Place,  and  had  Henry  E.,  b.  Sept.  13, 
1847  ;  Albert ;  Lafayette  m.  Huldah  Irons,  and  had  Albert 
S.,  and  Harriet  Frances  ;  Mary  Eliza,  d.  unm.  1842  —  7 
children. 
111.  vii.    Celinda.  b.  April,  4,  1799. 

viii.  Betsey  m.  Benjamin  Owen,  son  of  Solomon  of  Glocester, 
removed  to  Scituate,  R.  I.,  and  had  Mary,  Elisha,  Herbert, 
Sarah,  (m.  William  Bishop  and  had  one  child)  Esten,  and 
others  who  died  young  —  5  children  who  survived  in- 
fancy. 

ix.  Mercy  m.  Lawton  Owen,  son  of  Solomon,  and  had  George 
L.,  m.  Laura,  dau.  of  Benjamui  White  of  Glocester,  and  had 
Mary,  Charlotte.  Elizabeth,  Louisa,  Adelaide ;  Mary,  d. 
young,  unm.  ;  James ;  Job  m.  Cordelia  Warner,  and  had 
Sabin  and  others  ;  Charlotte  m.  Andrew  F.  Harris  of  Bur- 
rilville,  and  had  Emma  and  Andrew  ;  E)neline  m.  Philip 
W.  Hawkins  of  Glocester,  and  had  Philip  and  Robert  ; 
Sabin,  d.  unmarried  ;  Ruth  ; 8  children. 


72  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

SEVENTH  GENERATION. 

?0.  NICHOLAS  BROWN  (Nicholas,  3  T  Nicholas, 20  James, « 
James,*  John,^  Chadi),  eldest  sou  of  Nicholas  and  Ann  (Carter) 
Brown,  was  born  in  Providence  Oct.  2,  1792,  and  died  in  Troy, 
N.  Y.,  March  2,  1859.*  "At  an  early  age  he  displayed  unusual 
mental  vigor,  and  entered  the  College  of  Rhode  Island  at  the  age  of 
fifteen,  graduating  in  1811.  He  was  distinguished  among  his  class- 
mates for  proficiency  in  all  the  various  branches  of  learning  con- 
stituting the  usual  course  of  studies  at  that  period.  Shortly 
after  graduating  he  proceeded  to  Europe  on  a  tour  of  study  and 
observation.  He  remained  abroad  three  years,  visiting  the  prin- 
cipal cities  of  Great  Britain  and  the  Continent,  and  applying 
himself  with  energy  to  the  investigation  of  European  politics  and 
institutions.  His  thorough  acquaintance  with  foreign  affairs 
fitted  him  for  the  position  of  Consul  to  Rome,  "to  which  he  was 
appointed  by  President  Polk  m  1840.  He  was  in  Italy  during 
the  exciting  period  of  the  revolution  of  1848,  and  until  the  sum- 
mer of  1849.  His  efforts  to  remain  coldly  and  diplomatically 
neutral  during  these  trying  times  were  futile.  He  possessed  a 
natural  and  ardent  love  of  liberty  that  no  official  position  could 
control,  and  his  sympathy  with  the  cause  of  Mazzini,  Garibaldi 
and  the  Roman  people,  against  the  vicious  rule  that  had  obtained 
in  the  States  of  the  Church,  was  unconcealed  and  often  active. 
Representations  concerning  violations  of  well  established  rules 
governing  the  conduct  of  diplomatic  agents  were  made  to  the 
President  of  the  United  States,  who  superseded  Mr.  Brown  by 
the  appointment  of  a  Charge  (T  Affaires.  He  remained  in  Europe 
until  1854,  occupying  his  time  with  travel  and  study,  and  the 
superintendence  of  the  education  of  his  children.  At  the  latter 
date  he  returned  to  Rhode  Island,  and  in  1856  was  elected  by  the 
Democratic  party  Lieutenant-Governor  of  the  State,  f 

"  From  his  earliest  youth  Mr.  Brown  was  an  earnest  hater  of 
American  slavery,  and  a  firm  believer  in  freedom  for  the  whole 
human  race.  His  denunciations  against  a  wicked  and  inhuman 
institution,  which  he  regarded  as  a  great  moral  stain  upon  the 
fame  of  his  country,  were  uttered  without  reserve  or  fear  of  con- 
secpiences.  When  the  Free  Soil  movement  was  inaugurated  he 
joined  it,  and  became  an  enthusiastic  supporter  of  its  measures 
for  checking  the  advance  of  slavery  into  the  new  States  of 
Kansas  and  Nebraska. 

"  One  of  the  fine  traits  of  his  character  was  his  openness  of 
speech  and  manly  frankness  ;  as  his  opinions  were  founded  upon 
honest  convictions,  he  was  not  ashamed  to  express  them.  But 
the  charm  experienced  by  those  who  enjoyed  intimate  intercourse 
with  him,  came  from  his  perfect  simplicity  of  manners,  which 

*  Communicated  by  R.  C.  Hawkins,  of  New  York. 

+  His  residence  was  in  Providence.    His  country  seat,  Choppaquansett,  was  in  War- 
wick. R.  I. 


Seventh  Generation.  73 

were  those  of  a  highly  cultivated,  intelligent  and  well-bred  gentle- 
man. Prince  and  peasant  were  alike  to  him— he  regarded  the 
man  and  not  his  surroundings.  He  was  neither  a  toady  to  the 
rich  and  powerful,  nor  a  snob  in  his  demeanor  towards  the  poor 
and  humble,  and  he  had  little  respect  for  the  super  genteel  po- 
sings  and  aristocratic  longings  of  those  who  substitute  preten- 
sions for  realities.  As  a  conversationalist  he  had  few  superiors. 
His  great  knowledge  of  men,  things  and  nations,  combined  with 
a  retentive  memory  and  a  natural,  easy  floAV  of  refined,  lucid  ex- 
pression, made  of  him  a  companion  never  to  be  forgotten." 

This  attempt  at  a  brief  outline  of  his  character  may  be  appro- 
priately closed  by  quoting  from  an  obituary  notice,  written  at  the 
time  of  Mr,  Brown's  death  by  an  intimate  friend  who  had  known 
him  for  many  years. 

"  As  a  man,  the  deceased  was  endowed  with  a  genial  nature  ; 
ardent  in  his  attachments  ;  eminently  social  among  his  intimate 
acquaintances  ;  reserved  in  the  company  of  strangers  ;  seldom, 
if  ever,  subject  to  passion  ;  kind  and  courteous  in  all  his  re- 
lations ;  unobtrusive  in  the  highest  degree  ;  chary  of  his  opin- 
ions or  advice,  but  never  witholding  either  when  pressed  ;  in 
fine,  a  man  whom  to  know  was  to  love, — whose  friendship  liad 
the  ring  of  the  true  metal.  His  domestic  life  was  characterized 
by  the  purity  which  distinguished  him  elsewhere.  He  lived 
after  the  manner  of  a  gentleman  of  the  old  school.  His  hospi- 
talities were  dispensed  with  unostentatious  liberality.  Born  the 
heir  of  wealth  (which  he  did  not  inherit),  he  did  not  thence  des- 
pise labor,  nor  view  poverty  as  a  crime.  He  looked  upon  merit 
wherever  found,  in  the  light  of  a  philosopher,  and  used  his  efforts 
to  draw  it  forth  accordingly.  Like  the  good  parson  described 
by  Goldsmith,  he  was  '  More  bent  to  raise  the  wretched  than 
to  rise.'  None  who  knew  him  but  could  fully  attest  this,  and 
especially  prominent  among  their  recollections  was  the  trait 
which  the  line  quoted  so  beautifully  describes.  It  may  be  writ- 
ten of  him,  that  which  could  be  said  of  but  few  others,  his 
whole  life  proved  that  he  was  above  and  beyond  the  infiueuce  of 
race,  nor  was  he  dependent  upon  condition.  For  he  was  in  the 
broadest  sense  and  better  acceptation  of  the  term,  a  true  citizen 
of  the  world." 

Nicholas  Brown  married  July  5,  1820,  his  second  cousin  Abby 
Mason,  daughter  of  James  B.  and  Alice  (Brown)  Mason.  {/See 
No.  42).  She  died  near  Nassau,  New  Providence,  Bahama  Isl- 
ands, Nov.  7, 1822,  without  issue.  *"  Her  existence  was  touch- 
ingly  beautiful  and  brief.  Gifted  by  nature  with  a  versatile, 
inquisitive  and  brilliant  intellect,  accomplished  by  education  in 
those  elegant  acquisitions  which  throw  rich  and  enticing  hues 
over  the  passing  scenes  of  life,  animated  by  genius  and  cherished 
by  affection,  she   experienced  in  these  varied   sources  of   hap- 

*From  Tablet  in  North  Ground,  Providence. 

6 


74  The  Chad  Browx  Memorial. 

piness  the  benignity  of  Heaven,  brightening  her  vernal  years 
with  joy  and  promise.  In  the  midst  of  her  hopes  and  enjoy- 
ments, sickness  made  its  insiduous  approach,  and  left  its  blight 
npon  her  brow.  She  faded  from  the  earth  like  a  jmle  autumn 
flower  before  the  coming  blast  of  winter,  leaving  for  the  con- 
templation of  the  young  an  imj^ressive  instance  of  mortality,  and 
to  the  heart  of  affection  the  memory  of  her  virtues.'' 

He  married,  second,  Nov.  22, 1831,  Caroline  Matilda  Clements, 
of  Portsmouth,  X.  H.,  who  died  in  Warwick,  E.  I.,  July  9, 
1879. 

CHILDREN. 

i.  Alfred  Nicholas,  b.  Sept.  16,  1882,  d.  Aug.  12.  1864  ;  in. 
May  9,  1857,  Anna,  dau.  of  Dr.  .losepli  and  Sophia  Russell 
(Sterry)  Mauran,  b.  May  25,  1828.  Of  their  three  children 
the  two  eldest,  a  dau.  b.  Feb.  5.  1859,  and  a  .son,  b.  Jul}'  16, 

1861,  d.   in  infancy.     Nicholas,  the  youngest,  b.  Sept.   23, 

1862,  is  the  tifth  of  the  name  in  succession,  and  the  only 
sur\iving  grandchild  of  Nicholas,  third. 

ii.      Ajvne  Mary,  b.  Feb.  10,  1835,  d.  March  22,  1837. 

iii.  Anne  Mary,  b.  March  9.  1837,  was  m.  June  30,  1860.  to 
Rush  C  Hawkins,*  b.  in  Pomfret,  Vermont,  Sept.  14,  1831, 
son  of  Lorenzo  Dow  and  3Iaria  Louisa  (Hutchinson)  Haw- 
kins, and  gr.  son  of  Dexter  Hawkins,  a  soldier  of  the  Revo- 
lution who  entered  the  Fourth  R.  I.  Regiment  at  the  age  of 
sixteen,  and  served  until  the  end  of  the  war,  when  he  re 
moved  to  Vermont,  where  he  died  in  1831.  Maternally,  he  is 
a  gr.  son  of  Rev.  Aaron  Hutchmson  of  Hebron,  Conn.,  who 
graduated  at  Yale  College  in  1747,  the  Dean  of  his  class. 
He  was  a  noted  Greek  and  Latin  scholar,  and  was  among 
the  few  Americans  of  that  time  who  had  a  fair  knowledge  of 
Hebrew.  He  prepared  for  his  college  course  Dr.  William 
Rogers,  the  first  student  of  Brown  University,  then  the  col- 
lege of  Rhode  Island.  Dr.  Hutchinson  was  a  distinguished 
Congregational  clergyman,  and  died  in  the  fiftieth  year  of 
his  ministry  at  Pomfret,  Vt.,  in  1800.  During  this  long 
period  he  lost  but  two  appointments  from  illness,  and  in  his 
service  was  accustomed  to  dispense  with  both  Bible  and 
Hymn  book,  reciting  chapters  and  hj-nins  from  memory. 
His  associates  said  of  him  that  had  the  New  Testament  been 
lost,  he  could  have  reproduced  the  whole  from  memory  in 
the  original  Greek.  From  Harvard,  Yale,  Princeton  and 
Dartmouth  he  received  the  degree  of  LL.  D. ,  as  well  as  D.  D. 
From  an  allusion  in  one  of  his  sermons,  it  is  supposed  that  he 
was  with  the  Green  ^Mountain  Boys  in  the  campaign  that 
culminated  in  the  battle  of  Bennington. 

When  Sumpterwas  fired  upon.  Rush  C.  Hawkins  received 
from  the  Governor  of  the  State  of  New  York  permission  to 
organize  a  Regiment  of  Infantry  which  was  marched  into 
service  before  April  24,  1861,  as  the  Ninth  New  York 
Volunteers,  better  known  as  the  Hawkins'  Zouaves.  During 
its  term  of  service  of  thirty  months  it  was  commanded  by 
Col.  Hawkins,  who,  at  the  end.  was  brevetted  Brigadier 
General,  for  gallant  and  meritorious  conduct.     When  the 

*  A  descendant  of  Job  Hawkins,  son  of  Richard  and  Jane  Hawkins,  who  settled  in 
R.  I.  about  1640. 


Seventh  Genteration.  75 

war  commenced,  Col.  Hawkins  was  j^ractisinji^  law  in  New 
York,  but  since  its  close  has  not  been  in  active  practice  or 
other  business.  He  has  devoted  his  time  to  European 
travel,  and  has  made  the  most  important  collection  of  books 
in  America,  relating  to  and  illustrating  the  early  history  of 
printing  and  wood  engraving.  In  1H83  he  published  a  biblio- 
graphical work  entitled  "  Tlic  BYrxt  Bookx  and  Printers  of 
the  Fifteenth  Century."  (New  York,  Boughton  ;  London, 
Quaritch).  He  is  also  a  well-known  contributor  to  maga- 
zines and  reviews. 

iv.  John  Carter,  b.  March  16,  1840,  m.  April  15,  1859,  Nancy, 
dau.  of  Crawford  and  Sarah  S.  Allen,  of  Providence. 

V  Caroline  Matilda  Clements,  b.  Oct.  28,  1841,  was  m. 
June  17,  1876,  to  N.  Paul  Bajuotti,  son  of  a  Piedmontese 
Judge,  b.  at  Vol  vera,  a  small  town  a  short  distance  north  of 
Turin,  Italy.  He  is  a  distinguished  member  of  the  Italian 
Consular  Corps,  and  now  represents  the  Italian  Kingdom  in 
his  capacity  as  Consul  at  St.  Petersburg,  Russia. 

vi.     Robert  Grenville,  b.  June  17,  1846. 

71.  JOHN"  CARTER  BROWN  *  (See  No.  70),  born  in  Provi- 
dence, Aug.  28, 1797,  died  June  10, 1874,  was  the  youngest  son  of 
Nicholas  and  Ann  (Carter)  Brown.  He  prepared  for  college  at  a 
school  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  and  graduated  at  Brown  University 
in  the  class  of  1816.  He  then  entered  into  business  in  connection 
with  the  house  of  Messrs.  Brown  &  Ives,  of  which  his  father 
was  the  senior  partner,  and  became  a  member  of  tlie  firm  in  1832. 
On  the  death  of  his  father  in  1841,  he  inherited  a  large  estate 
and  became  more  fully  identified  with  the  business  interests  of 
the  community,  bringing  to  the  management  of  the  hereditary 
house  to  which  he  belonged,  the  fruits  of  careful  training  and 
matured  judgment,  and  assisting  both  by  his  capital  and  his 
mercantile  sagacity  in  maintaining  for  it  the  high  character 
secured  by  its  founders.  But  his  tastes  for  active  business  were 
never  very  strong  or  controlling.  He  did  not  like  the  daily 
restraints  it  imposes,  and  had  little  relish  for  the  excitements  it 
involves.  His  fondness  for  observing  the  manners  and  mingling 
in  the  society  of  distant  cities  and  foreign  countries,  led  him  to 
travel  much  in  all  parts  of  the  United  States,  and  he  resided  in 
Europe  at  different  times  for  several  years.  In  early  life  he 
began  to  take  an  interest  in  collecting  rare  and  curious  books,  a 
pursuit  on  which  in  later  years  he  bestowed  great  care  and  atten- 
tion and  in  the  jDrosecution  of  which  he  made  large  expendi 
tures. 

He  was  chosen  a  Trustee  of  Brown  University  in  1828,  and  a  Fel- 
low in  1842,  and  was  prominently  identified  with  the  management 
of  its  affairs  until  the  close  of  his  life.  To  him  his  Alma  Mater  is 
indebted  for  many  munificent  gifts.  He  made  large  additions 
of  books  in  English  and  continental  literature  to  its  library,  fur- 
nished new  apparatus  for  philosophical  experiments,  subscribed 

*  Abridged  from  an  obituary  in  the  Providence  Journal  of  June  11,  1874,  prepared  by 
Prof.  William  GammeU. 


76  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial, 

liberally  to  its  fund  or  for  the  erection  of  its  buildings,  and 
materially  enlarged  its  real  estate.  These  benefactions,  dis- 
tributed through  many  years,  were  most  frequent  during  the 
Presidency  of  Dr,  Wayland,  for  whom  he  entertained  a  warm 
personal  friendship,  and  in  whose  views  of  college  education  he 
heartily  sympathized.  Together  these  gifts  amounted  to  upwards 
of  $70,000,  His  last  will  and  testament  contained  legacies  of  a 
lot  of  land  valued  at  132.000  as  the  site  for  a  new  Lil)rary  Build- 
ing, and  of  the  sum  of  150,000  to  be  added  to  the  120,000  pre- 
viously given,  for  the  erection  of  the  structure.  His  entire  bene- 
factions to  the  University  amounted  to  nearly  |1G0,000,  a  sum 
larger  tlian  it  had  received  from  any  other  one  of  its  honored 
benefactors,  his  father  alone  excepted,  Nor  were  his  pecuniary 
gifts  for  institutions  of  learning  confined  to  his  native  city.  He 
frequently  extended  generous  aid  to  struggling  academies  and 
colleges  in  other  parts  of  the  country,  especially  in  the  new 
States  of  the  West.  The  leading  benevolent  institutions  of 
Rhode  Island  received  from  Mr,  Brown  substantial  encourage- 
ment and  assistance,  particularly  tlie  Butler  Hospital  for  tlie 
Insane,  and  the  R,  I.  Hospital,  His  provision  for  tlie  latter, 
including  a  bequest  of  $25,000  in  his  will,  exceeded  the  sum  of 
184,000. 

At  an  early  period  of  life  he  conceived  an  abhorrence  of  the 
institution  of  domestic  slavery,  and  while  he  did  not  approve  of 
violent  demonstrations  against  it,  he  did  not  fail  to  give  to  the 
anti-slavery  cause  his  sympathy  and  pecuniary  support.  He  ac- 
tively enlisted  in  the  effort  to  prevent  the  ascendancy  of  slavery 
in  the  Territory  of  Kansas,  and  when  the  struggle  was  at  its 
height,  accepted  and  held  for  a  year  or  more  the  office  of  Presi- 
dent of  the  New  England  Emigrant  Aid  Society,  The  large 
contributions  which  he  made  for  promoting  its  objects  were 
designed  solely  as  gifts  to  the  cause  of  freedom,  and  not  as  in- 
vestments from  which  any  returns  were  to  be  expected,  as  was, 
at  one  time,  a  part  of  the  plan  of  this  society.  During  the  civil 
war  he  responded  generously  to  every  appeal  in  behalf  of  his  suf- 
fering country,  and  at  its  close  maintained  a  lively  interest  in 
the  Freedmen  and  in  the  surviving  soldiers  of  the  Republic, 

But  of  the  objects  of  public  interest  to  which  Mr.  Brown 
directed  his  attention,  by  far  the  most  conspicuous  was  the  col- 
lection of  his  splendid  Library  of  American  History.  His  early 
purchases  of  books  were  in  several  departments  of  literature, 
among  which  were  copies  of  Aldine  editions  of  the  ancient 
classics,  and  of  the  most  famous  of  the  Polyglot  Bibles,  Later, 
however,  his  efforts  were  restricted  almost  exclusively  to  the 
single  specialty  of  materials  of  every  kind  for  the  history  of  the 
early  voyages  of  discovery,  the  methods  of  colonization  and  settle- 
ment, and  the  subsequent  development  and  civilization  of  the 
Continent  of  America.    For  more  than  forty  years  he  prosecuted 


Seventh  Generation.  77 

this  work  with  a  zeal  and  liberality  which  made  it  a  leading  oc- 
cupation, and  also  one  of  the  highest  enjoyments  of  his  life. 
He  thus  accumulated  by  his  own  selection  aiid  judgment,  nearly 
all  the  publications  which  are  now  extant  in  any  language  relat- 
ing to  this  extensive  subject,  beginning  with  the  Columbus  Let- 
ters of  1493,  and  ending  with  the  political  pamphlets  of  1800. 
Those  who  are  familiar  with  similar  collections  in  this  and  other 
countries,  have  pronounced  it  to  be  more  complete  in  its  special 
department  than  any  other  that  is  known  to  exist.  It  was  his 
purpose  to  secure  every  work  relating  to  North  or  South 
America,  which  was  published  in  any  part  of  the  world,  between 
the  first  voyage  of  Columbus  and  the  close  of  the  eighteenth 
century. 

The  Collection  contains  all  the  bibliographical  gems  which 
are  most  highly  prized.  It  is  particularly  comprehensive  in  all 
that  relates  to  the  English,  Spanish,  Portuguese,  French  and 
Dutch  colonization,  and  scarcely  less  so  in  materials  for  the  his- 
tory of  the  States  and  Nations  to  which  this  colonization  gave 
rise,  or  for  illustrating  the  aboriginal  races  which  faded  away 
before  its  progress.  The  works  which  it  comprises  are  all  of  the 
earliest  editions,  and  in  the  languages  in  which  they  were  writ- 
ten, and  the  greater  part  of  them  were  substantially  and  often 
elegantly  bound  under  his  own  direction.  He  caused  an  elabor- 
ate catalogue  with  bibliographical  annotations  to  be  prepared  by 
his  friend,  the  Hon.  John  R.  Bartlett,  who  was,  for  many  years, 
conversant  more  than  any  other  person  with  the  character  and 
growth  of  the  collection  It  is  executed  with  great  care  and  skill, 
and  a  few  copies  were  printed  for  private  distribution  in  four 
royal  octavo  volumes,  between  the  years  1865  and  1871.* 

To  have  made  a  collection  like  this  of  rare  and  costly  books 
from  so  great  a  diversity  of  sources,  is  of  itself  a  most  honorable 
and  useful  service  to  historical  learning,  and  has  rightly  secured 
for  its  possessor  a  distinguished  place  among  the  famous  Histori- 
cal collectors  of  the  world.  He  freely  placed  its  treasures  at  the 
service  of  scholars  and  authors  in  this  country  and  in  Europe, 
who  wished  to  study  the  subjects  to  which  it  relates,  and,  in  at 
least  three  instances,  he  sent  across  the  Atlantic  books,  which, 
had  they  been  lost,  could  not  have  been  replaced. 

The  essential  traits  in  the  character  of  Mr.  Brown  were  well 
illustrated  in  his  serene  and  unobtrusive  daily  life.  His  man- 
ners, though  formal  and  reserved  to  strangers,  were  those  of  a 
courteous  and  high  bred  gentleman  of  the  elder  generation. 
His  tastes  were  simple,  and  his  spirit  that  of  genuine  modesty 
without  self-seeking  or  any  element  of  arrogance.  Though  pos- 
sessed of  firm  convictions  he  was  always  tolerant  of  dissent  on 

*  The  first  two  volumes  have  since  been  reprinted,  copiOTisly  illustrated  witli  i)ortraits  of 
early  navigators  and  fac-siniiles  nf  title  pay-i's  and  rare  maps.  Altngether  the  tour  parts 
of  the  catalogue  contain  •;, 41.)  titles,  and  tlie  total  number  of  volumes  in  the  Library  is 
probably  about  ten  thousand.  The  Collection  still  remains  at  the  John  Cart*?r  Brown 
mansion  in  Providence. 


78  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

the  part  of  others.  He  was  through  life  unusually  fond  of 
society,  and  in  the  ancestral  mansion  his  social  entertainments 
were  distinguished  for  a  generous  and  elegant  hospitality  such 
as  few  have  it  in  their  power  to  equal.  But  in  his  daily  life  he 
was  especially  averse  to  anything  like  ostentation  or  display,  and 
though  always  accustomed  to  the  use  of  large  wealth,  he  cared 
nothing  for  any  kind  of  luxurious  indulgence.  He  was  endowed 
with  remarkable  powers  of  observation,  and  a  singularly  reten- 
tive memory,  which  seldom  failed  to  recall  the  persons  or  the 
scenes  he  had  once  known.  In  his  large  library  he  recollected 
every  book  and  knew  its  proper  place. 

Habitually  cherishing  grave  views  of  human  life  and  its 
responsibilites,  he  lived  not  without  reference  to  the  welfare  and 
improvement  of  his  fellow  men.  In  times  of  perplexity  or 
alarm  either  in  public  or  private  affairs,  he  exhibited  a  firmness 
and  nerve  which  shrank  from  no  sacrifice  that  might  be 
demanded  either  of  person  or  property.  In  the  transaction  of 
business  and  in  the  intercourse  of  life,  there  presided  over  every 
other  quality  an  integrity  and  honor  which  made  his  written  or 
spoken  promise  the  basis  of  almost  unlimited  confidence.  He 
went  down  to  the  gates  of  death  surrounded  by  the  objects  of 
his  fondest  affections,  with  faculties  unimpaired,  and  with  a 
mind  which  protracted  disease  had  scarcely  clouded,  leaving  with 
those  who  bear  his  name  the  tenderest  memories  of  his  kindness 
and  his  devotion  to  their  happiness. 

Mr.  Brown  was  married  in  Providence,  June  23,  1859,  by  the 
Rev.  Dr.  Crocker,  then  rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  to  Sophia 
Augusta,  born  Oct.  29,  1825,  youngest  child  of  the  Hon.  Patrick 
Brown,  for  many  years  Member  of  the  Council  and  Associate 
Justice  of  the  General  Court  of  the  Bahama  Islands,  and  of 
Harriot  Thayer,*  his  wife.  Mrs.  Brown  survives  her  husband 
with  three  children,  all  born  in  Providence,  viz.  : 

i.     John  Nicholas,  b.  Dec.  17,  1861. 

ii.    Harold,  b.  Dec.  24,  1863. 

iii.  Sophia  Augusta,  b.  April  21,  1867,  wasm.  in  Newport,  R.  I., 

Oct.  7,  1885,  to  William  Watis  Sherman,  of  New  York  city. 

They  have  a  daughter,  Irene  Muriel  Augusta  Sherman,  b. 

in  Paris,  France,  June  9,  1887. 

72.  CHARLOTTE  RHODA  IVES  (Hope,^"^  Mcholas,^^ 
Javies,^  James,^  John}  Chad^ J,h.  Dec.  18,  1792,  d.  June  15, 
1881,  dau.  of  Thomas  P.  and  Hope  (Brown)  Ives,  was  m.  May  22, 
1821,  to  William  Giles  Goddard,  son  of  William  and  Abigail 
(Angellf)  Goddard,  and  gr.  son  of  Giles  and  Sarah  (UpdikeJ)  God- 
dard. He  graduated  at  Brown  University  in  1812,  and  in  1815 
received  the  degree  of  A.  M.  Some  years  later,  the  title  of 
Doctor  of  Laws  was  conferred  upon  him  by  Bowdoiu  College. 

*  See  Thayer  Genealogy. 

t  Ahigrail,^  Gen.  James,*  John,^  Jame.s,-  Thomas  Angell'. 

tSarah,^  Loclowick,^  Gilbert  Updike^ 


Seventh  Generation.  79 

While  studying  law  at  Worcester,  Mass.,  he  acted  as  associate 
editor  of  the  Wo7-c€ster  Spj/,  and  in  1813  becam'e  sole  editor  and 
proprietor  of  the  Rhode  Island  American ,  which  he  conducted 
until  1825,  when  he  accepted  an  appointment  as  professor  of 
Moral  Philosophy  and  Metaphysics  in  Brown  University,  a  posi- 
tion which  he  held  nine  years,  resigning  it  for  the  chair  of  belles 
lettres.  In  1842,  inconsequence  of  ill  health,  he  retired  from  the 
professorship,  but  was  elected  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees 
and  of  the  board  of  fellows,  and  secretary  of  the  corporation. 

Professor  Groddard  possessed  a  strong  and  vigorous  intellect 
which  had  been  cultivated  with  unusual  care,  and  his  literary 
tastes  were  of  the  most  refined  and  discriminating  character. 
In  the  suffrage  controversy  which  resulted  in  the  "DorrAYar" 
in  1842,  he  was  a  consistent  and  unflinching  exjjonent 
of  the  doctrines  of  law  and  order.  He  was  a  sincere  and 
humble  believer  in  the  doctrines  and  precepts  of  the  Christian 
religion,  and  a  devout  attendant  upon  the  Episcopal  worship. 
He  died  suddenly,  Feb.  16,  1846,  in  the  49th  year  of  his  age. 
His  writings,  with  a  biographical  sketch,  were  published  in  two 
volumes  edited  by  his  son,  Francis  W.  Goddard,  in  1870. 

CHILDREN. 

i.      Eliza,  b.  April  8,  1822,  d.  Jan.  30,  1823. 

112.  ii.     Charlotte  Hope,  b   Dec.  1,  1828. 

113.  iii.    William,  b.  Dec.  25,  1825. 

iv.  Thomas  Poynton  Ives,  b.  Auo;.  14.  1827,  m.  Oct.  19,  1853, 
Anna  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  William  and  Sarah  (Burrill)  Fear- 
ing, of  New  York  city.     No  issue. 

V.  Elizabeth  Anne,  b.  IS'ov.  24.  1829,  was  m.  June  17.  1856,  to 
Thomas  Perkins  Shepard,  a  merchant  of  Providence,  who 
was  b.  in  Salem,  Mass.,  March  16,  1817,  d.  in  Providence, 
May  5,  1877.  He  was  sou  of  Michael  and  Harriet  Fairfax 
(Clarke)  Shepard,  and  gr.  son  of  Jeremiah  and  Elizabeth 
(Webb)  Shepard     No  issue. 

vi.  Moses  Brown  Ives,  b.  April  21,  1831,  m.  Feb.  13,  1873,  Eliza- 
beth Amory,  dau.  of  Robert  Paige  and  Sarah  Corliss 
(Whipple)  Swann.  No  issue.  She  is  gr.  dau.  of  Hon. 
John*  and  Maria  (Bowen)  Whipple,  and  g.  gr.  dau.  of  Dr. 
William  and  Sarah  (Corliss)  Bowen.  Sarah  Corliss  was  dau. 
of  Waitstill  Rhodes  and  her  second  husband,  Capt.  George 
Corlis.  Capt  Jeremiah  Brown,  the  first  husband  of  Wait- 
still  Rhodes,  d.  in  1741,  leaving  a  dau.  Mary,  who  was  mar- 
ried to  the  Hon.  David  Howell.     (See  No.  28.) 

vii.  Robert  Ives,  a  twin  brother  of  Moses,  d.  July  30,  1835. 

114.  viii.  Francis  Wayland,  b.  May  4,  1833. 

115.  ix.    Robert  Hale  Ives,  b.  Sept.  21,  1887. 

73.  MOSES  BROWN  IVES  {See  No.  72),  b.  in  Providence, 
July  21,  1794,  d.  in  Warwick,  Aug.  7,  1857,  was  eldest  son  of 
Thomas  P.  and  Hope  (Brown)  Ives.  After  the  death  of  his 
father  he  became  the  senior  member  of  the  house  of  Brown  and 

*  Hon.  John,"  Samuel,'^  Joseph.'  John,^  Col.  Joseph, =  Capt.  John  Wliipple'. 


80  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

Ives.  He  was  distinguished,  not  only  for  his  great  wealth,  high 
business  qualities,  and  prol)itv  of  character,  but  for  all  those 
generous  qualities  of  head  and  heart,  that  tend  to  make  a  valu- 
able citizen.  From  his  early  manhood  he  was  intimately  con- 
nected with  Brown  University,  where  he  graduated  in  1812,  and 
of  which  he  was  for  thirty-two  years  the  Treasurer.  As  a  means 
of  intellectual  culture  and  without  reference  to  professional  prac- 
tice, he  studied  law  for  two  years  in  Litchfield,  Conn.,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  Providence,  in  1815. 

Upon  the  decease  of  his  father  he  was  appointed  to  the  presi- 
dency of  the  Providence  Bank,  and  for  nearly  twenty-two  years, 
discharged  his  official  duties  with  singular  fidelity.  He  was 
one  of  the  founders  of  the  Providence  Atheneum,  and  a  large  con- 
tributor to  its  permanent  endowment.  He  was  Treasurer  from 
its  foundation  to  the  close  of  his  life  of  the  Butler  Hospital  for 
the  Insane,  and  rendered,  in  its  behalf,  most  valuable  service. 
Of  the  institutions  of  religion  he  was  a  liberal  supporter,  and  at- 
tended worsliip  in  the  church  of  his  ancestors,  the  First  Baptist. 
His  career  presents  a  most  impressive  example  of  a  wealthy  and 
accomplished  merchant,  occupied  with  the  cares  of  the  heaviest 
mercantile  transactions,  still  devoting  himself,  with  unwearied 
assiduity,  to  the  active  promotion  of  every  leading  enterprise 
and  institution  connected  with  the  public  good.  In  his  will  he 
bequeathed  150,000  to  objects  of  public  beneficence.  Of  this 
sum  140,000  was  devoted  to  the  establishment  of  the  Rhode 
Island  Hospital,  opened  in  Oct.  1868.  (Compiled  from  the 
papers  of  the  day).  He  m.  April  17,  1833,  Anne  Allen,  dau.  of 
Sullivan  and  Lydia  (Allen)  Dorr,  b.e^2^^1810,  d.  March  1, 
1884. 

Thev  had  two  children,  T/tomas  Poi/nfo)/,  b.  Jan.|7,  1834, 
and  liope  Brown,  b.  May  18,  1839. 

i.  The  soo,  Thomas  P.  Ives,*  entered  the  scientific  school  of 
Brown  University  and  received  the  degree  of  B.  P  in  1855. 
He  then  studied  medicine  in  Providence  and  New  York,  but 
not  with  the  intention  of  practising  the  profession.  On  the 
deatli  of  his  father  in  1857,  he  became  his  successor  in  the 
house  of  Brown  and  Ives,  and  inherited  an  ample  fortune. 
At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Rebellion  in  1861,  he  offered  to 
the  United  Slates  Goverumeuf  his  yacht,  the  Hope,  and  his 
personal  services  without  compensation.  lie  received  a  com 
mission  in  the  revenue  service,  and  was  actively  employed 
for  six  months,  when  he  was  appointed  assistant  adjutant- 
general  in  the  State  service,  with  the  rank  of  Captain,  but 
at  the  same  time  relieved  from  duty  to  take  part  in  General 
Burnside's  coast  expedition.  Here  he  rendered  most  effi 
cient  aid  from  Dec,  18«jl,  until  after  the  fall  of  Newbern.  N. 
C,  when  he  received,  Sept.  3,  1862,  the  appointment  of  act- 
ing master  in  the  United  States  Navy. 

His  conspicuous  services  in  Virginia  were  appreciated  by 
the  Government,  and  he  was  promoted  in  May,  1863,  to  the 

*  See  Bartletfs  Memoirs  of  Rhode  Island  Officers. 


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MELIOTVPE     PRINTING     CO.       BOSTON.      MASS 


Seventh  Generation.  81 

grade  of  actins;  volunteer  lieutenant.  The  following  winter 
he  was  compelled  by  failing  health  to  resign  his  appoint- 
ment, but  the  War  Department  declined  to  accept  his  resig- 
nation, and  from  April,  1864,  to  January,  1865,  he  acted  as 
ordnance  officer  at  Washington.  Meantime  his  services  were 
acknowledged,  Nov.  7,  1864,  by  promotion  to  the  grade  of 
lieutenant  commander.  His  health,  however,  had  been  so 
impaired  Ity  the  arduous  duties  which  he  had  performed  in 
his  devotion  to  his  country,  that  he  was  granted  leave  of 
absence  for  si.\  months,  and  on  April  5,  sailed  for  Europe. 
Relaxation  from  labor  had  a  restorative  effect,  and  lie  looked 
forward  with  renewed  hope  to  a  return  to  his  native  land, 
and  future  u.sefulness. 

He  was  married  at  Vienna,  Oct.  19.  186.^,  to  Elizabeth 
Cabot,  dau.  of  the  Hon.  .John  Lothrop*  and  Mary  (Ben- 
jamin) Motley.  Her  father,  the  eminent  historian,  was,  at 
that  time,  Minister  of  the  United  States  to  Austria.  It  was 
his  intention  to  resume  at  once  with  his  bride  his  residence 
in  this  coimtry,  but  a  new  and  fatal  manifestation  of  pul- 
monary disease  appeared,  and  he  died  at  Havre,  Nov.  17, 
1865,  in  sight  of  the  vessel  on  which  he  was  expecting  to 
embark.  By  this  marriage  there  was  no  issue.  His  widow 
soon  returned  to  Europe,  where  she  became  the  wife  of  Sir 
William  Vernon  Harcourt,  of  England. 
ii.  Hope  Brown  Ices,  sister  of  Lieutenant  Thomas  P.  Ives,  wa,s  m. 
Jan.  20,  1864,  to  Henry  Grinnell  Russell.    No  issue. 

74.  ROBERT  HALE  IVES  (See  No.  72),  b.  Sept.  16,  1798, 
d.  July  6,  1875,  was  son  of  Thomas  P.  and  Hope  (Brown)  Ives. 
He  m.  Oct.  3,  J  837,  Harriet  Bowen,  dau.  of  Thomas  and  Eliza- 
beth (Bowen)  Amory,f  of  Boston,  gr,  dau.  of  Dr.  William  and 
Sarah  (Corliss)  Bowen,  and  g.  gr.  dau.  of  Capt.  George  and 
Waitstill  (Rhodes)  Corlis.  She  was  born  in  Boston,  March  4, 
1803,  and  died  in  Providence,  Nov.  10,  1868. 

CHILDREN. 

i.       Thomas  Poynton,  b.  Aug.  34,  1828,  d.  Jan.  16,  1829. 
116.    ii.      Elizabeth  Amory,  b   April  10,  ISoO.^^^Cc^- 

iii.     Harriet  Rowen,  b.  Jan.  4,  1832,  d.  Se]ji/28,  186*0,  unm. 

iv.  Robert  Hale, J  b.  April  8,  1837,  d.  Sept.  27,  186fi,  unm. 
The  early  death  of  this  brave  young  soldier  in  the  late  Civil 
War,  deserves  more  than  a  passing  tribute.  He  was  a 
graduate  of  Brown  University  in  1857,  and  in  1860  became 
a  partner  in  the  house  of  his  cousins,  Messrs.  Goddard 
Bros.  Two  years  of  the  intervening  time  he  spent  in 
Europe,  in  travel  and  study.  In  Aug.,  1862,  the  oifer  of  his 
services  as  a  volunteer  aide  to  General  Isaac  P.  Rodman  was 
accepted,  and  he  received  from  the  government  of  Rhode 
Island  the  commission  of  a  first  lieutenant.  He  left  Provi- 
dence Sept.  1,  for  Washington,  to  join  Gen.  Rodman,  who 
was  in  command  of  the  third  division  in  Gen.  Burnside's 

*  A  descendant  in  the  fourth  generation  of  .lohn  Motley  of  Belfast,  Ireland,  who 
emigrated  before  1738,  and  settled  in  Portland,  Elaine.  {Jtih)i.'T/ii}iiia.f:'Th(im<if\-J<>lin'). 
+The  emigrant  ancestor  of  the  Aniory  Family  in  America  was  .loiiathan  Amory,  son 
of  Robert  of  Bunratty,  Ireland.  He  went  to  the  Carolinas,  where  he  held  high  offices 
and  died  in  1099.  His 'son  settled  in  Boston,  .^lass.  For  the  Amory  Coat  of  Arms  see 
America  Heraldica,  edited  by  K.  de  Vermont,  New  York,  1S87. 

t  See  Bartlett's  Memoirs  of  Rhode  Island  Officers. 


82  The  Chad  Bkown  Memorial. 

ninth  corps  (Varmle.  The  movement  into  Maryland,  then 
overrun  by  the  invasion  of  the  rebels,  commenced  Sept  7. 
and  Lieut.  Ives  was  at  once  ushered  into  scenes  of  the 
greatest  excitement  and  arduous  service.  His  record  during 
the  following  ten  days  secured  for  him  a  high  place  in  the 
esteem  and  confidence  of  his  general  and  the  officers  with 
whom  he  was  associated,  and  in  this  brief  time  he  became 
most  favorably  known  throughout  the  division.  He  fell, 
mortally  wounded,  in  the  battle  of  Antietam,  Sept.  17th, 
and  died  on  the  27th,  at  Hagerstown,  Maryland.  His  death 
was  serene  and  beautiful  ;  the  fitting  close  of  a  j^ouug  life 
modestly  and  religiously,  yet  bravely  and  heroically  given 
up  for  his  country  in  the  hour  of  her  extremity  and  her 
greatest  need.  His  remains  were  brought  to  Providence  and 
interred  in  the  North  Ground— the  burial  place  of  his 
kindred.  On  Oct.  1,  a  month  from  his  departure  from 
home,  his  funeral  took  place  at  St.  Stephen's  church,  in 
I  the  recent  erection  of  which  he  had  taken  an  active  and 
liberal  interest,  and  where  he  was  an  habitual  worshipper 
and  a  devout  communicant. 

75.  JOHN  BROWN  FRANCIS  {Abb>/,^^  Jo/in/^^  J<anes,» 
James,'^  John,-  Chad^),  only  son  of  John  and  Abby  (Brown) 
Francis,  b.  in  Philadelphia,  May  31,  1791,  d.  at  Spring  Green, 
Warwick,  Aug.  9,  186-4.  His  parents,  soon  after  his  birth,  re- 
moved to  Providence,  where  his  father  entered  into  business 
with  John  Brown,  the  merchant,  his  father-in-law.  Mr.  Fran- 
cis died  when  his  son  was  five  years  of  age,  and  his  early  train- 
ing and  education  devolved  on  his  maternal  grandfather.  He 
entered  Brown  University  in  1804  at  the  age  of  thirteen,  and 
graduated  in  1808.  After  leaving  college,  he  spent  some  months 
in  the  house  of  Brown  and  Ives  in  order  to  acquire  a  knowledge 
of  mercantile  business,  and  subsequently  attended  the  Law 
School  at  Litchfield,  Conn.  On  the  death  of  his  mother  in 
1821,  he  removed  to  Spring  Green,  the  country  residence  of  the 
family,  a  beatttiftil  farm  of  about  seven  hundred  acres,  where  he 
resided  until  his  death. 

Inheriting  an  ami^le  patrimony,  and  having  no  taste  for  mer- 
cantile pursuits,  he  early  entered  upon  the  public  career  which 
soon  placed  him  among  the  eminent  men  of  the  State.  He  was 
in  the  General  Assembly  as  Representative  from  the  town  of 
Warwick  from  1821  to  '29,  when,  on  account  of  domestic  af- 
fliction, he  declined  a  re-election.  In  1831  he  was  chosen  a 
member  of  the  State  Senate.  He  was  Governor  of  Rhode 
Island  from  1833  to  '38,  and  again  entered  the  Senate  in  1842, 
as  a  Member  of  the  Law  and  Order  Party.  In  Jan.,  1844,  he 
was  elected  to  the  United  States  Senate  to  fill  the  vacancy 
caused  by  the  resignation  of  the  Hon.  William  Sprague.  His 
term  expiring  in  March,  1845,  he  represented  Warwick  in  the 
State  Senate  from  that  year  until  1856,  when  he  retired  from 
all  connection  with  public  affairs. 

From  1827  to  '57  he  was  a  member  of  The  Board  of  Trustees 
of  Brown  University,  and  Chancellor  from    1851   to  '54.     He 


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took  ail  active  interest  in  popular  education,  was  the  friend  and 
counsellor  of  his  neighbors  and  fellow  citizens,  and  was  regarded 
by  the  people  of  the  State  with  a  mingled  aifection  and  respect 
which  they  accorded  to  no  other  })ublic  man  of  his  time.  His 
presence  was  commanding,  his  manners  dignified  though  cor- 
dial, while  the  genial  frankness  and  hearty  warmth  of  his 
nature  were  irresistibly  attractive.  His  well-stored  memory, 
rich  in  anecdote  and  reminiscences  of  public  men,  made  him 
one  of  the  most  agreeable  of  companions.  He  was  a  firm  be- 
liever in  the  doctrines  of  Christianity,  a  liberal  supporter  of  the 
ministry,  and  a  regular  attendant  upon  public  worship,  al- 
though he  made  no  formal  profession  of  his  faith. 

He  m.,  June  18,  1822,  Anne  Carter,  dau.  of  Nicholas  and 
Ann  (Carter)  Brown,  b.  Oct.  11,  1795,  d.  May  1,  1828. 

He  m.  second.  May  22,  1832,  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Henry 
Harrison,  and  dau.  of  Thomas  Willing  and  Dorothy  (Willing) 
Francis,  of  Philadelphia,  b.  Jan.  27,  1796  ;  d.  at  Spring  Green, 
June  14,  1866. 

CHILDREN  (by  first  wife). 

i.      Abby,  1).  Sept.  8,  1823,  d.  unm.  Oct.  19,  1841. 
ii.     John,  b.  March  17,  1825,  d.  Jan.  22,  1823. 
117.  iii.    Anne  Brown,  b.  April  2;:!,  1828. 

CHILDREN  (by  second  wife). 

iv.    Elizabeth,  b.  March  12,  1833. 

V.      Sally,  b.  March  31,  1834. 

vi.    Sophia  Harrison,  b.  May  28,  1836;  was  m.  Jan.  12,  1860, 

to  George    W.  Adams,  son   of  Seth  and  Sarah  (Bigelow) 

Adams.     She  d.  Sept  23,  1860. 
vii.  John  Brown,  b.   Feb.  11,  1838;  d.  at  Rome,  Italy,  Feb.  24, 

1870. 

76.  CHAELES  F.  HERRESHOFF  {Sarah, *  i  John,  s  2  James,  s 
James, ^  John,-  ChacP),  b.  July  26,  1809,  son  of  Charles  F, 
and  Sarah  (Brown)  Herreshotf,  m.  May  15.  1833,  Julia  Ann,* 
dau.  of  Joseph  Warren  and  Ann  (Lane)  Lewis,  b.  March  20, 
1811.  Mr.  Herreshoff  graduated  at  Brown  University  in  1828. 
He  lived  for  many  years  on  "  Point  Pleasant  "  farm,  Bristol, 
where  all  his  children  were  born.  In  1856  he  removed  to  Bris- 
tol, his  present  residence. 

*  Ancestry  of  Julia  Ann  Lewis,  Wife  of  Charles  Frederick  Herreshoff. 

George  Leivis,^  b.  in  East  Greenwich,  Kent  Co.,  Eng.,  dat«  unknown,  d.  at  Barnstable, 
Mass.,  1633.  He  m.  Sarah  Jenkins  in  Eng.  and  settled  in  Scituate,  Plymouth  Co.,  between 
1633  and  16.36. 

James  Lewis,''  fourth  son  of  George,  b.  in  East  Greenwich,  Eng.,  1633.  d.  at  Hingham, 
Mass.  1726.    He  ni.  Sarah,  dau.  of  George  and  Sai-ah  Lane  of  Hingham,  b.  1638. 

John  Lewis,^  eldest  son  of  James,  b.  Oct.  29,  10.56,  d.  Nov.  8,  1715,  settled  in  Hingham, 
where  he  m.  Nov.  17,  1683,  Hannah,  dau.  of  Daniel  and  Susannah  Lincoln,  of  Hingham, 
b.  Sept.  10, 16.59,  d.  Oct.  30,  1715. 

Rev.  Isaiah  Lewis,*  ninth  child  of  John,  b.  in  Hingham,  June  10,  1703,  d.  in  Wellfleet, 
Oct.  3,  1786,  in  the  57th  year  of  his  ministry  over  one  church  in  that  town.    He  ra.  June 


84  The  Chad  Bkown  Memorial. 

CHILDREN. 

118.    i.  .James  Brown,  b.  March  18,  1834. 

119    ii.  Caroline  Louis.*.,  b.  Feb.  27.  1837 

120.  iii.  Chakles  Frederick,  b.  Feb.  26,  1839. 

121.  iv.  John   Brown,  b.  April  24,  1841. 
V.  Lew^is,  b.  Feb.  3,  1844 

vi.     Sally  Brown,  b.  Dec   1,  1845 

122.  vii.   Nathan ael  Greene,  b   March  18,  1848. 

123.  viii.  .John  Brown  Francis,  b.  Feb.  7,  1850. 

124.  ix.    Julian  Lewis,  b.  July  29,  1854. 

77.  SAKAII  B.  MASON  {Alice,'^-  John,^^  James,'^  James,* 
Johnr  Cha(P),  b.  July  25,  1804,  d.  Aug.  1.  1864,  dau.  of  the 
Hon.  James  B.  and  Alice  (Brown)  Mason,  was  m.  Aug.  23, 
J 825,  to  George  Benjamin  Euggles,  of  Newport,  R.  I.,  b.  May 
19,  1804,  d.  Dec.  23,  1833.  She  was  m.  second,  Oct.  12,  1837, 
to  Levi  Curtis  Eaton,*  of  Framingham,  Mass.,  son  of  Levi  and 
Susannah  (Howe)  Eaton,  b.  Dec.  12,  1812,  d.  Aug.  25,  1852. 
Mr.  Eaton  graduated  at  Harvard  in  1830,  and  soon  after  studied 
law.  He  practiced  his  profession  for  a  time  at  Providence,  but 
was  compelled  from  ill  health  to  abandon  it.  After  his  death, 
Mrs.  Eaton,  with  her  young  family,  lived  abroad  for  three  years, 
from  1852  to  1855,  and  gave  to  her  children,  with  other  advan- 
tages, the  opportunity  to  become  familiar  with  modern  European 
languages. 

25,  1730,  Abigail,  dau.  of  Kenelin  and  Abigail  (Waterman')  Winslow,  b.  June  25,  170r,  d. 
April  1.3,  1776. 

Capt.  Winslov  Lewis,^  b.  in  Wellfleet.  July  3, 1741,  d.  at  sea,  July,  1801.  He  m.  Sept. 
12.  1705.  Marv.  dau.  of  Willard  and  Bethiah  (Atwood)  Knowles,  of  Eastham,  b.  Oct.  30, 
1746,  d.  In  Boston,  Jan.  31,  1807. 

Joseph  Warren  Letvis,'^  tenth  child  of  Capt.  Winslow,  b.  Sept.  20,  1784,  d.  May  11, 1844, 
m.  May  1.  1808.  Ann,  dau.  of  Levi  and  Elizabath  (Giles)  Lane,  of  Boston,  b.  June  21, 1786, 
d.  in  Briistol,  R.  I.,  July  13,  1856. 

Winslow. 

Kenelm  Winsloin,^  third  son  of  Edward,  of  Droitwich,  Worcestershire,  Eng..  b.  April 
29,  1599,  d.  in  Salem,  Mass.,  Sept.  12,  1672,  settled  in  Plymouth  Colony,  where  he  m. 
June,  1634,  Eleanor  Adams. 

Capt.  Nathanael  Winslow,'-  second  son  of  Kenelm,  b.  in  Mar.shfield,  1639,  d.  there  Dec. 
1,  1749,  m.  Aug.  3,  1664,  Faith,  dau.  of  Rev.  John  Miller,  b.  about  1645,  d.  Nov.  9,  1729. 

Kenelm  Winslow,^  fifth  child  of  Capt.  Nathanael,  b.  in  Marshfield,  Sept.  22,  1675,  d. 
1757,  m.  1703,  Abigail,  dau.  of  Joseph  and  Sarah  W'atermau,  and  gr.  dau.  of  Robert  and 
Elizabeth  (Bourne)  Waterman,  early  settlers  of  Marshfield.  Sarah,  wife  of  Joseph 
Waterman,  was  probably  dau.  of  Antony  and  Abigail  (Warren)  Snow,  and  gr.  dau.  of 
Richard  Warren  of  Mayflower  memory. 

Knowles. 

Richard  Knowles,'^  who  lived  in  Plymouth,  Mass.,  removed  about  16.52  to  Eastham. 

John  Knowles,"  of  Eastham,  son  of  Richard,  was  killecl  in  the  Indian  war,  1675.  He 
m.  Dec.  28,  1670,  Apphia,  dau.  of  Edward  and  Lydia  (Hicks)  Bangs,  and  gr.  dau.  of 
Robert  Hicks,  b.  Oct.  15,  1651,  d. — . 

John  Knowleg,'  son  of  John,  b.  July  10,  1673,  d.  Nov.  3.  1757.  m.  Mary 

Willard  Knowles,'  son  of  John,  b.  about  1712,  ri.  March  11,  1786,"  m.  May  10,  17;i3, 
Bethia,  dau.  of  Joseph  and  Bethia  (Atwood)  Knowles,  b.  March  26,  1715. 

Lane. 

Levi  Lane,  son  of  Josiali  and  Abigail  (Norwood)  Lane,  b.  Nov.  3,  1754.  at  Annis 
Squam,  Cape  Ann,  m.  March,  1778,  Elizabeth  Giles,  b.  about  17.56.  d.  in  Boston,  1795.  She 
was  the  dau.  of  John  and  Mary  Maverick  Giles  (or  Gyles),  and  gr.  dau.  of  John  Maverick, 
b.  before  1700,  d. . 

*  Levi,'  Levi,'=  John,"'  Noah,''  Jonas,^  .John,'-  Jonas  Eaton'. 


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Seventh  Generation.  85 

CHILDREN  (by  first  husband). 

i.       Alice  Elvira,  b.  June  23,  1826,  d.  July  19,  1883 

ii.      Sarah  Hakriette,  b.  June  26,  1827,  d.  Sept.  23,  1836. 

iii.     George  Benjamin,  b.  Sept.  23,  1828,  d.  unra.  Dec.  8,  1878. 

A  graduate  of  Brown  University  in  the  class  of  1850. 
iv.     John  Mason,  b.  June  23,  1834,  d.  Sept.  14,  1836. 

CHILDRE.ISr  (by  second  husband). 

V.      Harriette  Ruggles,  b.  Aug.  1,  1838,  d.  Sept.  1,  1841. 

125.  vi.     Amasa  Mason,  b.  May  31,  1841 

126.  vii.    Charles  Frederick,  b.  Dec.  11,  1842. 

viii.  Anna  Grosvenor,  b.  July  9,  1845,  d.  unm.  April  29,  1865. 
ix.    Frank  Howe,  b  Aug  14,  1847,  d.  Sept.  14,  1852. 

78.  ROSA  ANNE  MASON  {See  No.  77),  b.  Nov.  10,  1817, 
d.  April  13,  1872,  was  youngest  dau.  of  the  Hon.  James  B.  and 
Alice  (Brown)  Mason.  She  was  m.  Aug.  22,  1837,  to  William 
Grosvenor,  M.  D.,  b.  April  30,  1810,  son  of  Dr.  Robert  and 
Mary  (Beggs)  Grosvenor,  of  Killingly,  now  Putnam  Heights, 
Conn.  The  emigrant  ancestor  was  John  Grosvenor,  of  Roxbury, 
Mass.,  one  of  the  proprietors  of  Putnam,  Conn.,  formerly  of 
Cheshire,  Eng.,  who  died  in  1(391,  and  was  buried  in  Roxbury. 
The  family  coat  of  arms  was  engraved  upon  his  tombstone.  Dr. 
William  Grosvenor  is  a  distinguished  manufacturer,  and  the 
head  of  the  Grosvenor  Dale  Company,  in  Thompson,  Ct.  He 
studied  medicine  in  Jefferson  Medical  College  and  Pennsylvania 
Hospital,  and  for  some  years  was  associated  with  his  father  in 
medical  and  surgical  practice.  He  afterwards  removed  to  Provi- 
dence, where  he  engaged  successfully  in  business  as  a  wholesale 
dealer  in  drugs  and  dye  stuffs.  During  the  late  rebellion  he  was 
a  member  of  the  Senate,  and  largely  influential  in  aiding  the 
Union  cause.  In  1848  he  became  the  agent  of  the  mills  at 
Masonville,  Conn.,  founded  by  the  Mason  family  of  four  brothers, 
one  of  whom,  James  B.  Mason,  was  his  father-in-law.  Since 
that  time  his  attention  has  been  devoted  exclusively  to  manu- 
factures, in  which  he  has  been  eminently  successful.  (See 
Providence  Plantations.  J.  A.  and  R.  A.  Reid,  Providence, 
1886). 

CHILDREN  (born  in  Providence). 

127.  i.      William,  Jr  ,  b.  Aug  4,  1838. 
ii.     James  Brown,  b,  Feb.  12,  1840. 
iii.    Amasa  Mason,  b.  .June  12,  1841,  d.  Sept.  11.  1841. 
iv.    Alice  Mason,  b  Oct.  19,  1843,  wasm.  June  26,  1867,  to  John 

J.  Mason,  M.  D.,  of  Thompson,  Ct.    She  d  Jan.  14,  1886,  at 

Enterprise,  Florida,  without  issue. 
V.     Robert,  b.  Nov.  2,  1847,  d   Julv  19,  1879.     He  m.  Oct.   20, 

1875.  Mary  H.  Wright,  of  Baltimore,  Md. 
vi.    Eliz\  Howe   b.  Feb.  12,  1849,  d.  May  2,  1853. 
vii.  Rosa  Anne,  b.  at  Elmhurst.  N.  Providence.  July  3,  1855. 

79.  ANNA  ALMY  {Sarah,^^  Moses,^^  James,^  James,^ 
John,^  ChacP),  b.   Sept.   1,  1790,    d.   Nov.    20,   1849,    dau.    of 


86  ■  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

William  and  Sarah  (Brown)  Almy,  was  m.  to  William  Jenkins, 
who  d.  March  3,  1846,  in  his  61st  year. 

Slie  was  prominent  in  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  a  most  ex- 
cellent Christian  woman,  who  devoted  her  life  and  means  to 
philanthropic  ends,  in  which  her  hnsband  fully  sympathized. 
She  and  her  eldest  daughter,  Sarah,  i^erished  in  the  conflagration 
of  their  dwelling  house,  Nov.  20,  1849.  A  younger  daughter 
and  son  escajied  from  the  burning  building  by  a  window  in  the 
rear,  and  were  rescued  by  the  firemen.  The  mansion  was,  at 
that  time,  one  of  the  largest  in  the  city,  and  almost  an  exact 
duplicate  of  the  John  Carter  Brown  house  still  standing  on 
Benefit  street,  corner  of  William. 

CHILDREN. 

i.  Moses  Brown,  b.  Dec.  29,  1824,  d.  Feb.  18,  1833. 

ii  Sarah,  b.  July  28,  1827,  d.  Nov.  20.  1849. 

iii.  William  Almy.  b.  April  4,  1829,  d.  Sept.  11,  1830. 

128.  iv.  Anna  Almy,  b.  Feb.  1,  1831. 

V.  Moses  Brown,  b.  Feb.  7,  1835,  unm. 

80.  ELISHA  BROWN  ( TTWcome,*^  misha,^'^  Joseph,^ 
James,^  John,^  C/uuP),  b.  June  26,  1802,  d.  Oct.  21,  1886,  son 
of  Welcome  and  Phebe  (Farnnm)  Brown,  m.  Nov.  18,  1828, 
Phebe  H.,dau.  of  Richard  Weber  and  Lefie  (Harrington)  Fenton, 
b.  March  27,  1804. 

CHILDREN. 

i.      Cordelia  H.,  b.  Dec.  30.  1829,  was  m.  to  Frank  L.  Fenton. 

ii.     Jeannette  L.  H.,  b.  .June  21,  1833,  d.  April  25,  1880. 

iii.  Permelia  U..  b.  Aug.  26,  1837,  was  m.  Sept  11,  1867.  to  Rev. 
Edward  P.  Lee.  She  d.  in  Island  Pond,  Vt.,  Jan  3,  1875. 
leaving  one  son,  Edward  Brown  Lee,  bora  on  the  day  of  her 
death. 

iv.  Elisha  Carlisle,  b.  May  28,  1842,  m.  Jan.  18.  1877,  Eliza- 
beth Tripp,  of  New  Bedford,  Mass.  He  is  now  (1888) 
Deputy  Sheriflf  of  North  Attleboro,  Mass. 

81.  JOSEPH  F.  BROWN  {See  No.  80),  b.  June  24.  1804, 
son  of  Welcome  and  Phebe  Farnum  Brown,  m.  Sophronia 
Skeele. 

CHILDREN. 

i.      Martha  Ann,  b.  April  25.  1834,  d.  unm.  Oct.  7,  1855. 

ii.     Harriet  R.,  b.  May  5,  1838. 

iii.    William  C,  b.  March  11,  1840,  m.  May  13,  1862,  Emeline 

Stanlon. 
iv.    Harlan  Page,  b.  Feb.  7,  1843,  d.  July  6.  1858. 
V.    .John  H.,  b.  March  7,  1848.  m    Dec.  5,  1871,  Helen  B   Somers, 

who  died  Jan.    5,    1877.     He  m.  .second,  Aug.    27.    1878, 

Victoria  E.  Hastings,  and  has  a  sou,    Henrv   Farnum,   b. 

Feb.  27,  1882. 

82.  DANIEL  0.  BROWN  {See  N'o.  80),  b.  Oct.  10,  1816, 
son  of  Welcome  and  Freelove  (Owen)  Brown,  m.  Amanda  Peck. 
Resides  in  Barton,  Vt. 


Seventh  Generation.  87 

CHILDREN. 

i.  Alfred,  b.  Jan.  28,  1847,  m.  July  22,  1881,  Eliza  Rock  ;  has 

a  son,  Harlan  Edward,  b.  June' 19.  1884. 

ii.  Freelove  O.,  b.  Oct.  15,  1848,  m.  Calef  Leonard, 

iii.  Frederick,  b.  Dec.  23,  1850 

iv.  Charles  H.,  b.  March  17,  1853. 

V.  Ellen  Amanda,  b.  Dec.  23,  1855,  m.  Chauncey  S.  Skinner. 

vi.  Dana  W.,  b.  May  3,  1859. 

83.  MARY  J.  BROWN  {Richard,^ ^  Andrew,^- ^  Joseph,^ 
James, '^  John, ^  ChacP),h.  April  6,  1821,  daughter  of  Richard 
and  Penelope  (Farnum)  Brown,  was  m.  Dec.  25,  1844,  to  An- 
drew Winsor,*  of  Johnston,  R.  I.,  son  of  Andrew  and  Lydia 
(Winsor)  Winsor.     He  d.  March  11,  ]883. 

CHILDREN. 

i       Richard  Brown,  b.  May  24,  1848.     A  graduate  of  Brown 

University  in  the  class  of  1868. 
ii.      Andrew,  b.    Feb.  8,  1852,   m.  June,   1883,    Ella  P.  Baker. 

They  have  one  son,  Andrew,  b   Feb.  4,  1886. 
iii.    Mary  Jane,  b.  Dec.  2,  1858,  d.  Sept.  3,  1882. 

84.  OBADIAH  BROWN  {See  No.  83),  b.  Nov.  30,  1823,  son 
of  Richard  and  Penelope  (Farnum)  Brown,  m.  Sept.  18,  1849, 
Amey  Randall,  dan.  of  Nathaniel  and  Asha  (Smith)  Angell,  b. 
Aug.  8,  1827.  {MUha/nel,^  Enoch,^  EUsha,'^  Ilope,^  John,^ 
Thomas  AnffelP).     They  have  two  daughters. 

Obadiah  Brown  is  a  well-known  farmer  throughout  New  Eng- 
land, a  member  of  the  State  Board  of  Agriculture,  and  State 
Senator.  His  residence  is  on  Chalkstone  avenue,  N.  Provi- 
dence. 

85.  WILLIAM  H.  BO  WEN  (Jlenri/  Bowen,'^^  Sarah,^^ 
Obadiah,'^ "^  James, ^  John,"  Chad'^),h.  Jan.  7,  1824,  son  of 
Henry  and  Harriet  Amanda  (Monroe)  Bowen,  m.  Oct.  12,  1847, 
Ednah  B.  Goodhue,  who  d.  Dec.  26, 1855.  He  m.  second,  April 
30,  1858,  Cordelia  James.  The  children  of  the  first  wife,  all 
born  in  Providence,  are -^/fZ/mA  6^.,  b.  Nov.  30,  1848;  Henry,  b. 
Aug.  5,  1852  ;  Joseph  T.,  b.  April  1,  1854.  Son  of  second  wife, 
Frank,  b.  Nov.  6,  1864. 

86.  ELIZABETH  HOWELL  {J.  B.  Howell,''''  Mary,'^'' 
Jeremiah,^^  James,^  John,-  Chad^),  b.  Feb.  9,  1796,  d.  Dec.  2, 
1866,  dau.  of  Jeremiah  B.  and  Martha  (Brown)  Howell,  was 
m.,  March  4,  1818,  to  Benjamin  Cowell,  born  in  Wrentham, 
Mass.,  Dec.  9,  1781,  d.  May  6,  1860.  He  graduated  at  Brown 
University  in  1803,  and  afterwards  studied  law  in  Providence  ; 
was  Vestryman  of  St.  John's  Church,  Collector  of  the  Port 
under  President  Polk,  and  Chief  Justice  of  the  Court  of  Com- 

♦Andrew,''  Andrew,^  James,  =>  Rev.  Samuel,*  Rev.  Samuel,^  Samuel, '^  Joshua  Winsor'. 


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men  Pleas.  He  was  the  author  of  "Spirit  of  "76,"  published  in 
Boston  in  1850.  In  all  his  public  relations  he  was  largely  re- 
spected by  his  fellow  men.  Eesided  in  Charles  Field  street, 
Providence. 

CHILDREN. 

■     129,    i        Benjamin,  b.  Dec.  28,  1818. 
180.    ii.      Samuel,  b.  July  3,  1820. 

iii.  Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  22, 1821,  was  m.  April  9, 1872,  to  Edward 
P.  Knowles,  b.  April  18,  1805,  d.  Oct.  16,  1881.  He  was 
Mayor  of  Providence  in  1854.  Mrs.  Knowles  resides  in 
Wrentham,  Mass. 

iv.     Martha  Brown,  b.  Feb.  27,  1823,  d.  March  16,  1844. 

V  Sarah  Dwight,  b.  April  30,  1824,  d.  Feb.  18,  1865  ;  was  m. 
Oct    10,  1848,  to   Rev.   Andrew   Mackie,  of  the  Episcopal 

Church,  who  died  .      They  had  two  children  : — 

Olivia  H.,  b.   Oct.   13,  1850,  was  m.to   Benjamin  Walker; 
Andrew,  b.  Aug.  29,  1852,  d.  Jan.  30,  1853. 

131.  vi.    Olivia  George,  b.  Sept.  1,  1828. 

87.  MARTHA  BROWN  HOWELL  {See  Xo.  86),  b.  Aug. 
5.  1798,  d.  Aug.  9,  1870,  dau.  of  Jeremiah  B.  and  Martha 
(Brown)  Howell,  Avas  m.  Sept,  10,  1832,  to  Charles  Lippitt.  Jr., 
b.  Jan.  30,  1798,  d.  July  15,  1856.  He  was  a  merchant  of 
Providence,  where  they  resided, 

CHILDREN. 

132.  i.       Sarah  Howell,  b.  April  12,  1834. 
133     ii.      Martha,  b.  July  16,  1835. 

iii.      Charles,  b.  March  2,  1837,  d.  Aug.  22,  1838. 

J/i'^\,  \  Twins,    b.    Oct.  8,  1842.  \  d-  J«"-  ^^^-f^' 

Ann  Frances  \  '  (a.  Jan.  4,  1844. 

88.  W^AITY  FIELD  HOWELL  {So-  Xu.  86),  b.  Dec.  28, 
1801,  d.  Jan.  6,  1828,  dau.  of  Jeremiah  B.  and  Martha  (Brown) 
Howell,  was  m.  Oct.  15,  1823,  to  Appleton  Walker,  son  of 
Timothy  and  Olive  (Arnold)  Walker,  b.  May  3,  1796,  d.  at  sea 
May  15,  1833,  on  the  return  voyage  from  New  Orleans,  where 
he  had  gone  for  the  benefit  of  his  health.  Resided  in  New  York 
City. 

CHILDREN. 

i.       George  Appleton.  b.  Feb.  26,  1825,  d.  June  20,  1825. 
ii.      George  Appleton  (2d),  b.  March  16,  1826,  d.  Sept.  5, 1826. 
134.    iii.     Martha  Howell,  b.  Dec.  25,  1827. 

89.  JOHN  BROWN  HOWELL  (See  Xo.  86,)  b.  Dec.  6, 
1803,  d.  Aug.  3, 1870,  son  of  Jeremiah  B.  and  Martha  (Brown) 
Howell,  m.  Nov.  24.  1847,  Sarah  Miller,  b.  May  9,  1814.  d. 
May  27,  1848.  He  m.  second,  April  29,  1851,  Elizabeth  Un- 
derbill, and  had  a  dau.,  Elizabeth  Ida,  b.  March  16,  1852. 
Resided  in  Providence. 


Seventh  Generation.  89 

90.  CHARLES  FIELD  HOWELL  (See  No.  86,)  b.  March 
23,  1807,  d.  May  28,  1846,  son  of  Jeremiah  B.  and  Martha 
(Brown)  Howell,  m.  Sept.  27,  1838,  Maria  Valentine,  b.  in 
1811.  No  issue.  Mrs.  Valentine  resides  in  Sparkhill,  Rockland 
Co.,  N.  Y. 

91.  SALLY  BROWN  HOWELL  {S'ee  No.  86),  b.  May 
14,  1808,  d.  March  1,  1861,  dan.  of  Jeremiah  B.  and  Martha 
Brown  Howell,  was  m .  May  14,  1835,  to  Rev.  Horace  Alexander 
Wilcox,  son  of  Janna  and  Candace  (Goodell)  Wilcox,  gr.  son 
Janna  and  Diadama  (French)  Wilcox,  and  also  gr.  son  of  Ed- 
ward and  Dorcas  (Shepard)  Goodell.  He  was  b.  March  6,  1807, 
in  Ludlow,  Vt.,  and  d.  April  15,  1865,  in  Manhattan,  Kansas. 
He  graduated  at  Brown  University  in  1833,  and  at  Newton 
Theological  Seminary  in  1835.  His  first  pastorate  was  in  Wil- 
lington,  Conn.,  where  he  was  settled  over  the  Baptist  church, 
soon  after  his  marriage.  The  following  year  he  went  to  Ra- 
leigh, N.  C,  as  Professor  in  the  Wake  Forest  College.  He  next 
taught  in  an  academy  in  Petersburg,  Va.,  and  afterwards  re- 
turned to  Providence,  where  he  established  a  Young  Ladies' 
School  in  the  Arcade,  but,  on  account  of  the  failing  health  of 
his  wife,  went  again  to  the  South  as  agent  for  the  American 
Home  Missionary  Society.  In  1841  he  removed  with  his  family 
to  Georgia,  where  he  remained  five  years,  preaching,  and 
teaching  in  various  academies.  In  1846  he  returned  again  to 
Providence,  and  purchased  and  settled  on  the  Walnut  Grove 
Farm,  near  Fruit  Hill,  now  owned  and  occupied  by  the  Provi- 
dence Reform  School.  This  venture  not  proving  as  profitable 
as  he  anticipated,  he  entered  into  partnership  with  Dr.  Charles 
Morse  in  the  manufacture  of  Yellow  Dock  Syrup,  first  in 
Providence  and  afterwards  in  New  York.  He  went  West  in 
1854  to  explore  the  territory  of  Kansas,  where,  as  agent  for  the 
N.  E.  Aid  Society,  he  founded  the  city  of  Manhattan.  In 
1857  he  became  Secretary  of  the  National  Insurance  Com- 
pany, Prov.,  but  after  the  death  of  his  wife,  in  1861,  returned 
to  Manhattan,  where  he  died  of  heart  disease,  April  15,  1865. 

CHILDREN. 

i.  Candace  Goodelt.,  b.  April  10.  1836,  was  m.  Dec.  6,  1866, 
to  Charles  I".  G.  Tappan,  who  d.  Dec.  31,  1881.  Mrs.  Tap- 
pan  resides  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

ii.      .loHN  HowEM,,  b.  April  10,  1838,  d.  Aug.  6,  1840. 

135.  iii      Everett  Pattison,  b.  .lune  22,  1839. 

iv.      Charles  Howell,  b.  Aug.  13,  1842,  d.  June  20,  1843. 

136.  v.       Juliet  Lavinia,  b.  .July  24,  1843. 

137.  vi.      Charles  Field,  b.  Jan'.  8,  1845. 

vii.    Henry  Jackson,  b.  June  4,  1847,  d.  Sept.  12,  1848, 

138.  viii.  Horace  Alexander,  b.  Dec.  20,  1848. 

92.    WAITSTILL   DEXTER    SHAW^  (Jlarij  B.   Iloirrll,^^ 

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90  '      The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

Maryr^  Jeremiah^^  James, ^  John,^  ChaiP),  b.  Oct.  17,  1809, 
d.  April  6,  1841,  dau.  of  Mason  and  Mary  B.  (Howell)  Shaw, 
was  m.  Oct.  21,  1829,  to  Charles  Cheney,  b.  Dec.  26,  1803,  near 
Hartford,  Conn.,  (now  South  Manchester)  and  died  there  June 
20,  1874. 

Early  in  life  he  engaged  in  mercantile  business,  and  in  1837 
removed  to  Ohio,  near  Cincinnati,  where  he  settled  as  a  farmer. 
During  this  period  he  became  interested  in  the  Anti-Slavery 
movement,  and  identified  himself  with  the  early  workers  in 
that  cause.  In  1847  he  returned  to  Conn.,  and  joined  his 
brothers  in  the  silk  industry,  which  they  had  started  in  South 
Manchester,  about  the  time  of  his  removal  to  the  West.  The 
enterprise,  after  overcoming  many  obstacles,  proved  a  success, 
and  the  house  of  Cheney  Brothers  was  soon  favorably  known  in 
this  country  and  abroad.  He  resided,  a  part  of  the  time,  m 
Hartford,  was  a  member  of  the  Legislature,  and  distinguished 
for  his  public  spirit  and  generous  charities. 

CHILDREN. 

i.      Frank  Dexter,  b.  Aug.  7,  1830,  d.  Aug.  28,  1831. 

139.  ii.     Frank  Woodbridge.  b.  June  5,  1832. 

iii.    Mary  Howell,  b.  July  13,  1834,  d.  May  18,  1836. 
iv.    Sarah  Shaw,  b.  Sept.  13,  1835,  d.  June  20,  1836. 

140.  V.     Knight  Dexter,  b.  Oct.  9, 1837. 

vi.    Anna  Wells,  b.  June  26,  1840,  d.  Aug.  10,  1840. 

93.  GAMALIEL  L.  DWIGHT  {Sarah  HoirrJl,^'^  Mary,^^ 
Jeremiah,'^^  Jame.s,^  John,'^  Chad^),  b.  Dec.  3,  1809,  d.  March 
15,  1854,  m.  April  6,  1836,  Catharine  Henshaw  Jones.  He 
was  a  graduate  of  Brown  University  in  the  class  of . 

CHILDREN. 

i.  Marshall  Jones,  b.  and  d.  June  6,  1837. 

ii.  Marshall  Jones  (2d),  b  May  22.  1838,  d.  Nov.  1,  1846. 

141.  iii  Gamaliel  Lyman,  b.  Feb.  3,  1841. 

142.  iv.  Catharine  Elizabeth,  b.  May  19,  1843. 

94.  JAMES  B.  YERRINTON  {Cafharine,^^  Jereaiia/i,'-'^ 
Dep.  Gov.  Blisha,^^  Jaaies,^  John,  ^  ('ha^n),  b.  Dec.  4,  1800, 
d.  Oct.  17,  1866,  son  of  James  and  Catharine   (Brown)  Yerrin- 

ton,  m.   Jan.   17,  1825,  Phebe  Boyd,   who   d .     He  m.  2d, 

Mrs.  Olive  (Forbes)  Metealf. 

James  B.  Yei'rinton  was  a  printer,  having  learned  his  trade 
in  the  ofHce  of  Hugh  H.  Brown,  of  Providence,  where  he  was 
fellow  apprentice  with  James  D.  Knowles.  In  early  life, 
in  connection  with  William  Goodell,  he  established  the  Phil- 
anfhrojjt'.sf  and  Invesfif/afor,  a  paper  devoted  to  the  intei'ests  of 
general  reformatory  objects,  which  was  published  in  both  Bos- 
ton and  Providence.  Subsequently,  he  was  editor  and  publisher 
of  the  A7nherst  Gazette,  Amherst,  Mass.     During  the  existence 


Skventh  Gexekatiok.  91 

of  the  Boston  Da  ill/  Adrocdte  he  was  employed  in  that  office 
as  foreman.  His  connection  witli  the  Liberator  commenced 
about  1845,  and  coi^tinued  until  its  last  issue,  Dec.  29,  1865. 
lie  was  the  printer  of  tliat  paper,  and  occasionally  wrote  articles 
for  its  columns,  lie  was  much  esteemed  by  all  who  had  his 
acquaintance,  and  numbered  among  his  warm  friends,  Phillips 
and  Garrison. 

CHILDREN  (by  first  wife). 

143.  i.  James  Manning  Winchell,  b.  Oct.  24,  1835. 

144.  ii.  Caroline  Elizabeth,  b.  April  20,  1831. 

145.  iii.  Anna  Brown,  b. ,  1833 

146.  iv.  Phebe  Boyd,  b.  Nov.  23,  1837. 

CHILDREN  (by  second  wifej. 

147.  V.     Frank  M.,  b  June  2,  1839. 
vi.    William,  d.  in  infancy. 

95.  BARKER  T.  YERRINTON  {See  No.  94),  b.  April  20, 
1803,  d.  June  26.  1875,  son  of  James  and  Catharine  (Brown 
Yerrinton),  m.  Jan.  14,  1833,  Maria  A.,  dau.  of  Capt.  Preston* 
and  Nancy  (Read)  Daggett,  and  gr.  dau.  of  Moses  and  Lucy 
(Dagget)  Read,  b.  Nov.  19,  1809.  He  was  for  many  years  book- 
keeper and  engraver  with  Church  and  Metcalf,  manufacturing 
jewelers  of  Providence. 

CHILDREN. 

148.  i.      James  Daggett,  b.  Oct.  13,  1833. 

ii.     Catharine  Brown,  b.  Feb.  7,  1835,  was  m.  April  19,  1860, 
to  Charles  Fieldf  Gorham,  son  of  Jabez  and  Lydia  (Dexter) 
Gorham,  and  gr.  son  of  Lewis  and  Lydia  (Comstock)  Dexter, 
b.  1834.     No  issue. 

149.  iii.    Preston  Daggett,  b.  May  12,  1836. 

150.  iv.    Anne  Maria,  b.  Dec  14,  1837. 

v.     Sarah  L   H.,  b.  Oct.  6.  1843,  d.  Jan.  26, 1858. 

96.  ISAAC  BROWN  ALLEN  {Manj,^^  Jeremiah,^^  Dep. 
Gov.  Elisha,'^'^  James, '^  John,-  Chad^),  son  of  Darius  and  Mary 
(Brown)  Allen,  b.  Oct.  23,  1800,  m.  June  5,  1821,  Maria,  dau. 
of  Daniel  Snow,  of  Providence,  b.  Sept.  28,  1802.     His  fate  is 

*  Captain  Preston  Dagget,  born  in  Seekonk,  Mass.,  in  17S4,  a  privateer  in  the  war  of 
1812,  became  a  lieutenant,  and  died  at  the  age  of  36  of  yellow  fever.  He  was  son  of 
Robert  Daggett  (.See  iVb.  61),  and  probably  a  descendant  of  John  Daggett,  who  came 
from  England  in  1630.  and  went  with  Thomas  JIayhew  to  Martha's  Vineyard. 

t  Gorham  Pedigree.  (1)  Ralph,  of  England.  (2)  Capt.  John,  baptized  at  Benefield, 
Northamptonshire.  Eng.,  Jan.  in.  KWl.  m.  1643,  Desire,  eldest  daughter  of  John  and 
Elizabeth  (Tilley)  Howland,  of  the  :\IavHower.  Capt.  John  served  in  King  Philip's  war, 
and  died  of  fever  in  Swanzey,  Mas.s.,  Feb.  5,  1676.    His  wife  died  Oct.  13,  16S;3.    (3)  -Tabez 

Gorham,  born  at  Barnstable,   Mass.,  Aug.  3.   16.56,  m.   Hannah — .    He  was 

wounded  in  King  Philips  war,  and  afterwards  settled  in  Rhode  Island.  Plymouth  Court 
granted  the  heirs  of  Capt.  John,  100  acres  of  land  at  Papasqauash  Neck,  Bristol,  for  war 

services.    (4)  Benjamin,  b.  169.5,  m. .    (.5)  Benjamin,  b.  1718,  m.  Oct.  7,  17.53,  Abigail, 

dau.  of  Jeremiah  and  Abigail  ( Watei-man)  Field,  gr.  dau.  of  Thomas  and  Abigail  (Dexter) 
Field,  and  g.  gr.  dau.  of  Thomas  and  Martha  (Harris)  Field.  (6 1  Jabez,  b.,  1760, 
m.  Oct.  26,  1783,  Catharine  Tyler.  (7)  Jabez  Gorham,  b.  Feb.  18,  1792,  d.  March  24.  1869, 
m.  Dec.  4,  1816,  Amey  Thurber.    He  m.  second,  Lydia  Dexter. 


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uncertain.  He  went  to  California  in  1849,  and  as  no  tidings 
liave  come  for  many  years  to  his  family,  they  have  long  since 
ceased  to  think  of  him  as  living.  Mrs.  Allen  resided  in  ]  885 
in  North  Attleboro.  Mass.,  and  from  her  letters  has  been 
gathered  all  that  is  known  of  her  descendants. 

('HILDREN. 

i.  Isaac  B.,  b.  Sept.  5,  1822,  in.  1852,  Nancy  Blizzard,  b.  in 
England,  and  had  a  mn,  b.  April  1853. 

ii.  Maria  E.,  \k  Sept.  22, 1824,  was  m  Aug.  31,  1845,  to  Lemuel 
Bishop,  and  had  five  children  :  John  H.,  b.  July  11,  1846  ; 
Mary  E,  b.  Dec.  5,  1847;  Charles  C.,h.  Apiil  23,1849; 
Sarah  G  ,  b.  Feb.  8,  1854  ;  JSellie  M.,  b.  Feb.  7,  1861.  Of 
these,  John  II.  married  and  had  a  dau.,  Ella  M  Bishop 
Mary  E.  was  m.  Dec  24,  1870,  to  George  W  Redfern,  and 
had  a  son,  George  W. ,  b.  1871.  Sarali  G.  was  m.  to 
Frederick  A.  Bartlett.  and  had  William  A.,  b.  Dec.  3,  1878, 
and  Frederick  A.,  b.  July  18,  1881.  Nellie  M.  was  m.  Aug 
3,  1882,  to  Rufus  Alden,  and  has  a  son,  George  F. 

iii.  Sarah  A.,  b.  Sept.  20,  1826,  was  m.  June  15,  1845,  lo 
William  E.  Manchester,  and  had  William  A.,  b.  Sept.  10, 
1846.  and  George  W.,  b.  Oct.  12,  1848  William  A.  m. 
Amey  Nicholas,  and  had  Sarah  W.,  b.  1868,  d.  1878  ;  Mary 
M.  ;  William  A. ,  b.  and  d.  1878,  and  Lucy  A. 

iv.     Laura  T.  ,  b.  Sept.  13,  1828,  d.  1833 

V.  Emma  F.,  b.  April  6,  1830,  was  m  July  6,  1846.  to  Abiel 
Leonard,  and  had  George  W.,  b.  Aug.  6.  1849  ;  Charles  8.,  b. 
July  16,  1852,  d.  1860;  Abiel  A  ,  b.  April  8,  1856,  d  Aug., 
1862  :  Erederick  E.,  b.  March  20,  1859.  She  m  second, 
McCormick 

vi.     Alfred  H.,  b  Jan.  23,  1832,  d.  1862. 

vii.    Charles  L.,  b.  March  8,  1834,  d.  March  16,  1835. 

viii.  William  B.,  b   Sept.  24,  1835,  d.  Oct.  12,  1836. 

ix.    WiLLL\M  B.,  (2d),  b  Jan.  11,  1837,  d.  June  15,  1846. 

X.     George  M.,  b.  March  8,  1838,  d.  Sept.  4,  1862. 

97.  DARIUS  C.  xiLLEN  {See  No.  96),  b.  March,  1802,  son 
of  Darius  and  Mary  (Brown)  Allen,  went  to  Newbern,  N.  C, 
about  1817,  as  book  keeper  for  his  uncle,  Jeremiah  Brown,  lie 
afterwards  decided  to  enter  the  ministry  and  studied  at  Brown 
University,  and  later,  at  Princeton.  He  was  ordained  by  Orange 
Presbytery,  at  its  session  in  Ilillsboro,  N.  C,  May  il,  1827. 
(Rev.  W.  Plummer,  D.D..  was  ordained  at  the  same  time). 
He  was  pastor,  successively,  of  Presbyterian  churches  at  Lexing- 
ton, N,  C,  London,  Ohio,  and  Lewistown,  111.,  where  he  d. 
July,  1839.  He  m.  in  Newbern,  May,  1827,  Eliza  Ann,  dau.  of 
James  and  Nancy  Slover,  b.  Nov.,  1800.  His  widow  returned 
with  her  five  children  to  Newbern  in  the  Spring  of  1840,  and  d. 
there  Oct.  6,  1864. 

CHILDREN. 

i  Charles  Slover,  b.  March  8,  1828,  d.  Oct.  27,  1855  ;  m. 
1854,  Mary  B.,  dau.  of  Eli  and  Anna  E.  Smallwood,  b.  Dec. 
17,  1824,  d.  Dec  14,  1855.  leaving  a  son,  Charles  Slover 
Allen,  b.  Nov.,  1855,  who  is  now  a  practising  physician  in 
New  York  City. 


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ii.  Hknrt  Martin,  b  in  1830,  removed  to  California,  where  he 
d.  in  1876. 

iii  Gkorge,  b.  March  2,  1833.  is  a  merchant  in  Newbern.  of  the 
tirm  of  Mitchell,  Allen  &  Co.,  North  Carolina  Agricultural 
House  and  Hardware  Store.  For  many  years  he  has  been  an 
Elder  in  the  Presbj^erian  Church  and  Treasurer.  He  m. 
Aug. ,  1860,  Leah  Myra  Jones,  of  Newbern.  Of  their  twelve 
children,  three  are  now  living ;  Hannah  Shine,  b.  May  25, 
1863  :  Mary  Louise,  b.  Nov.  27,  1866  ;  Harry  Vam,  b.  Dec. 
6,  1877. 

iv.  Eliza  Si-over,  b.  May,  1834,  was  m.  Sept.  22,  1864,  to 
John  M.  Davies,  M.  D.,  assistant  Surgeon  in  the  Ninth 
New  Jersey  Volunteers.  Reside  in  Warren,  Penn.,  and 
have  Mary  N.,  b.  Apr.  10,  1867;  John  Norman,   b.  March 

4,  1870,  and  George  Allen,  b.  June  12,  1876. 

v.      Mary  J.,  b.  Oct.,  1837,  was  m.  May,  1860,  to  Rev.  Robert 

5.  Feagles,  of  New  York  State,  who  has  been  pastor 
of  several  Presbyterian  churches  in  New  Jersey,  and  re- 
moved, with  his  family,  in  1883  to  Menoken,  Dakota,  near 
Bismarck.  They  have  had  thirteen  children,  of  whom 
eleven  are  now  living,  viz.  :  Eliza,  Robert,  Mary.  Carrie, 
Grace,  Band,  Frederick,  Hattie,  Harry,  Willie,  Lenme.  The 
eldest  dan.  Eliza,  was  m.  in  1883  to  Samuel  W.  Smallwood, 
of  Newbern  and  has  two  children,  Margaret  and  Robert. 
George  A.,  the  eldest  son,  d.  Nov.,  1887,  at  Bismarck, 
Dakota. 

98.  ELIZABETH  E.  BROWN*  {HugJ/,^''  Jnrwia/i,^-^  Dep. 
Gov.  EUsha,-^^  James,"'  Jolin,^  Cha(n),(i2,w.  of  Hugh  H.  and 
Eunice  E.  (Taber)  Brown,  b.  Feb.  56.  1816,  was  m.  April  18, 
1836,  to  Thomas  W.  \Yaterman,  of  Providence,  who  d.  Feb.  1, 
1839.  She  was  m.  second,  May  2,  1841,  to  Rev.  Sewall  Sylvester 
Cutting, who  d.  in  Brooklyn,  N.Y.,  Feb.  7, 1883.  "He  was  born  in 
AVindsor,  Vt.,  Jan.  19,  1813,  and  united  with  a  Baptist  Church 
in  1837.  In  1835  he  graduated  with  the  highest  honors  at 
the  University  of  Vermont.  The  following  year  he  was  ordained 
pastor  of  a  Baptist  Church  in  West  Boylston,  Mass.,  and  from 
1837  to  1845  was  pastor  in  Southbridge,  Mass.,  succeeding  Dr. 
Binney.  From  1845  to  1855  he  was  engaged  in  editorial  labors, 
and  was  also  Secretary  of  the  American  and  Foreign  Bible 
Society.  He  filled  the  chair  of  Professor  of  Rhetoric  and  His- 
tory in  the  University  of  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  from  1855  to  1868. 
He  next  accepted  the  Secretaryship  of  the  American  Baptist 
Educational  Commission,  and  in  1879  was  elected  Secretary  of 
the  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Society,  a  position  which 
he  filled  until  his  death.     For  talents,  learning,  piety  and  execu- 

*  The  death  of  Mrs.  Cutting.  April  14,  1888,  followed  that  of  her  sister,  Mrs.  AUin,  in 
less  than  three  weeks.  United  as  they  were  in  life  by  the  tenderest  ties  of  sisterly  affec- 
tion, in  death  they  were  scarcely  divided.  Mrs.  CuttinR"s  illness  was  linperiuK  and 
w-asting.  and.  after  the  death  of  Mrs.  Alhn,  she  expressed  the  belief  that  her  life  was 
rapidly  drawing  to  its  close.  She  was  a  devoted  wife  and  mother,  and  an  able  help-meet 
to  her'husband.  Dr.  Cutting,  in  his  ministerial  and  professional  labors.  A  devout  mem- 
ber of  the  Baptist  Church  from  her  seventeenth  year,  she  gave  much  time  and  thought 
to  the  missionary  organizations  of  that  denomination,  and  was  untiring  in  her  efforts  to 
promote  their  success.  She  died  in  Brooklvn  at  tin-  residence  of  her  son,  in  the  73d  year 
of  her  age.  The  burial  place  of  this  family'is  in  Sdutlihriilge,  Mass.,  the  home  of  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  Cutting  during  the  earlier  years  of  their  married  life. 


94  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

tive  abilities,  he  held  a  high  place  in  our  country,  and  was 
known  far  abroad.  Perhaps  the  most  noted  of  his  writings  are 
'Struggles  and  Triumphs  of  Eeligious  Liberty/  and  'Historical 
Vindication/  A  competent  judge  has  said,  '  Dr  Cutting  was  a 
clear  thinker,  a  scholarly  writer,  and  one  of  the  ablest  men  in 
the  American  ministry.'"'  (Compiled  from  the  papers  of  the 
day.) 

CHILDREN  (by  first  husband). 

i.      Thomas  W.,  b.  in  Brooklyn.  N.  Y.,  Feb.  9,  d.  Feb.  11,  1887. 
ii.     Thomas  W.,  (2d)  b.  in  Providence,  Feb.  26,  1839,  d.  July  19, 
1843. 

CHILD  (by  second  husband). 
151.         Churchill  Hunter,  b.  Sept.  13,  1843. 

99.  MAEY  ALLEN  BKOAVN*  (See  Xo.  98),  dau.  of  Hugh 
H.  and  Eunice  E.  (Tabor)  Brown,  b.  March  5,  1818,  d.  March 
26,  1888,  was  m.  June  3,  1839,  to  George  Allin,  son  of  Mena- 
son  and  Amey  (Crandall)  Allin,  gr.  son  of  Robert  and  Margai*et 
(Gardiner)  Crandall,  of  Exeter,  Washington  Co.,  E.  I.,  b.  in 
Warwick,  R.  I.,  March  7,  1816,  d.  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  March 
2,  1884. 

"  That  he  lived  in  the  world  almost  the  three  score  years  and 
ten,  doing  its  duties  daily  with  a  patience  and  a  precision  next 
to  faultless— the  greater  portion  of  his  entire  business  life  hold- 
ing positions  of  financial  responsibility  with  absolute  integrity — 
suffering  disappointments  without  repining  and  enjoying  suc- 
cesses without  exaltation  ;  holding  to  the  right  with  unyielding 
pertinacity,  running  the  Christian  race  with  alacrity  to  the 
crowning  goal  -  is  the  life  record  here  of  Deacon  George  Allin. 
He  was  converted  in  youth,  baptized  by  Dr.  Pharcellus  Church, 
and  united  with  the  Second  Baptist  Church  in  Providence,  E.  I. 
He  was  of  a  pious  ancestry,  a  descendant,  maternally,  of  Eev 
John  Crandall,  of  Westerly,  R.  L  Mr.  Allin  removed  to  New 
York,  where  he  began  business  in  1836,  and  immediately  joined 
the  South  Church  of  that  city.  On  coming  to  Brooklyn,  he, 
with  his  wife,  united  Avith  the  Strong  Place  Church,  June  1, 
1849,  and  from  that  time  he  devoted  himself  to  its  advancement. 
Next  to  his  home   and  daily  vocation  the  church  was  his  chief 

*  The  death  of  Mrs.  Allin,  since  this  work  went  to  press,  was  not  unexpected.  She  had 
been  ill  for  many  months,  and  was  impressed  with  the  conviction  that  she  could  not 
recover.  With  touching  patience  and  resignation  she  bore  the  long  confinement  of  her 
sick  chamber,  and  awaited  with  joy  the  suninions  that  was  to  unite  her  to  the  husband 
and  friends  who  had  gone  before.  When  in  her  nineteenth  year,  she  joined  the  First 
Baptist  Church  in  Providence,  and  after  her  marriage  and  subsequent  remnval  to  Brook- 
lyn, was  closely  associated  with  her  husband  in  the  various  interests  of  the  Strong  Place 
Baptist  Church.  Though  never  in  the  enjoyment  of  rolmst  health,  she  actively  engaged 
in  charitable  labors,  and  her  work  of  benevolence  ended  only  witli  her  life.  The  many 
natural  graces  of  character  she  possessed,  ennobled  and  sanctified  by  religion,  endeared 
her  to  a  large  circle  of  relatives  and  friends,  who  keenly  feel  the  loss  they  have  sustained 
in  her  departure,  but  who  sorrow  not  as  those  who  are  without  hope.  Surrovmded  by 
much  that  renders  life  desirable,  and  bound  by  the  closest  lies  to  her  family  circle,  she 
quietly  breathed  her  last  at  the  residence  of  her  son,  in  the  Tlst  year  of  her  age. 


Seventh  Generation.  95 

care.  For  this  Mr.  Alliii  refused  election  to  every  other  official 
position,  with  one  exception.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Managers  of  the  Baptist  Home  of  Brooklyn,  where  his  labors 
were  second  only  to  those  given  to  the  church.  lie  was  the 
church  treasurer  for  a  long  period,  three  years  its  clerk,  Presi- 
dent of  the  Board  of  Trustees  more  than  thirty  years,  and  at 
the  time  of  his  death,  its  senior  deacon."  ( The  Examitwr,  March 
3,  1884.)  He  was  a  member  successively  of  the  dry  goods  house 
of  Pierce,  Mabbitt  and  All  in,  and  of  the  firm  of  Merrill,  Fitch 
and  Allin,  wholesale  jewellers  in  John  street,  New  York.  Of 
recent  years  he  was  identified  with  the  firm  of  F.  C.  Linde, 
Hamilton  &  Co.,  as  financial  manager.  He  was  a  life  member 
of  the  Long  Island  Historical  Society. 

■  CHILD. 

152.  i.     George  Albert,  b.  June  26,  1842. 

100.  JOSEPH  BEOWN  {See  Xo.  98),  sou  of  Hugh  H.  and 
Eunice  E.  (Tabor)  Brown,  b.  Feb.  19,  1823,  d.  May  11,  1853, 
m.  Feb.  10,  1846,  Kebecca,  dau.  of  Major  Thomas  Ketchum,  U. 
S.  A.,  and  Mary  Coddington,  his  wife.  She  was  b.  Sept.  5, 
1831,  and  d.  April  :ll,  1863.     Resided  in  N"ew  York  City. 

CHILDREN. 

153.  i.      Mary  Ella,  b.  Oct.  15,  1847. 

ii.     .losEPHENE  Peters,  b.  July  10,  1850,  d.  Dec.  26,  1850. 

101.  ANN  FRANCES  BROWN  {See  Xo.  98),  dau.  of  Hugh 
H.  and  Eunice  E.  (Tabor)  Brown,  b.  Sept  19,  1825,  was  m.  in 
Providence,  Sept.  4,  1857,  to  Rev.  Darwin  Hill  Cooley,  b.  in 
Clarendon,  Orleans,  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  5,  1830.  He  pursued  his 
preparatory  studies  in  the  Collegiate  Institute  of  Brockport, 
graduated  at  the  University  of  Rochester  in  1855,  and  at  the 
Rochester  Theological  Seminary  in  1857.  The  same  year  he  was 
ordained  a  minister  of  the  gospel  at  Clyde,  N.  Y.  In  1858,  he 
removed  to  Wisconsin,  where  he  served  as  pastor  nine  years  and 
a  half.  His  subsequent  pastorates  were  in  Cedar  Rapids,  la.. 
Canton  and  Freeport,  111.  Later,  he  was  the  Financial  Secretary 
of  the  University  of  Chicago,  and,  in  1885,  resumed  pastoral 
work  in  Council  Bluffs,  la.  The  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity 
was  conferred  on  liim  in  1878,  by  tlie  Baptist  Theological  Semi- 
nary at  Morgan  Park,  111. 

CHILDREN. 

i.      Mary  Allin,  b.  in  Stevens  Point,  Portage  Co.,  Wis..  July  19, 

1858.     She    was  m.    Dec  27,    1887,  in   Council   Bluffs,  to 

Clarence  J.  McNitt. 
ii.     Elizabeth  Cutting,  b.  in  Stevens    Point,   Jan.    11,    1860. 

Graduated  at  the  University  of  Chicago  in  June,   1883,  and 

is  now  a  teacher  in  Chicago. 


96  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

iii.    Edward  Granger,  b.  in  Appleton,  Wis.,  Aug.  29,  1862,  d. 

March  4,  1863. 
iv.    Albert  NoKTHRiT,  b.  in  Appleton,  Wis.,  Nov.  27,  1863.     A 

graduate  of  Rochester  University  in  1887,  and  now  a  civil 

engineer  in  the  office  of  the  Pennsylvania  Central  R.  R   Co., 

at  Jersey  City. 
v.    Francis  Brown,  b.  in  Appleton,  Wis.,  May  13,  1866,  d.  July 

7,  1866. 

103.  SAMUEL  WELCH  BROWN  {Ebenezer  P.,^^  Jere- 
vriah,^^  Dep.-Gov.  Elisha,'^^  Jm/tes,^  John,'-  CltacP),  eldest 
son  of  Ebenezer  P.  and  Sarah  (Jillson)  Brown,  b.  Jan.  19,  1824, 
m  Aug.  19,  1849,  Mary  E.,  dan.  of  Jacob  B.  and  Alice  A. 
(Martin)  Thurber,  b.  Oct.  22.  1827.  Was  City  Clerk  of  Provi- 
dence from  1860  to  1879. 

CHILDREN  (all  born  in  Providence). 

154.  i.      George  Thtirber,  b.  May  7,  1850. 

ii.  Walter  Francis,  b.  Jan.  10,  1853,  m.  April  22,  1885,  Louise 
T.  Hower,  dau.  of  Dr.  Seth  R.  and  Laura  (Teflft)  Beckwith, 
of  Elizabeth.  N.  J.  A  graduate  of  Brown  University  in 
1873,  and  an  artist,  residing  in  France. 

155.  iii.    Arthur  Lewis,  b.  Nov.  28,  1854. 
iv.    Alice,  b.  Feb.  8,  1857. 

V.     Mart  Louise,  b.  May  3,  1862. 

vi.    Ellen  Prescott,  b.  Sept.  20,  1864. 

vii,  Frances  Jillson,  b.  July  18,  1869. 

103.  ABBY  LSABELBROWN  {Jo/in  S.,^^  Jeremiah,^^  Dep. 
Gov.  EUslia,'^'  J((mes,^  John,-  ('ha(P),  eldest  dau.  of  John  S. 
and  Ann  (Rounds)  Brown,  b.  in  Providence.  Feb.  8,  1834,  was 
m.  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  July  13,  1872,  to  John  Williams Bulkley, 
son  of  Ebenezer  and  Diana  (Williams)  Bulkley,  b.  in  Fairfield. 
Conn.,  Nov.  3,  1802,  a  descendant  of  Dr.  Peter  Bulkeley,  of 
Odell,  Bedfordshire,  England,  one  of  the  founders  of  Concord. 
Mass.,  in  1636.  {John  W.,''  Ebenezer  J'  EJ^enezer,^.  ^^■^'^Pjii\o^9 
Joseph, 3  Th 0 mas, ^  Peter^).     No  issue,  f  /^ (^75  . ^.  h"""^^ //,  / 2r  ff  Jr . 

A  graduate  of  the  Girls'  Deparimient  of  the//Providence 
High  School  in  1849,  and  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools  of 
Providence  from  18ol-"61.  From  1861-'62  an  assistant 
in  Mrs.  Williames'  Private  School  in  West  39th  street,  New 
York  city ;  from  1862-'70  a  teacher  in  the  Public  Schools 
of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  the  larger  part  of  the  time  as  Principal  of 
Female  Grammar  Department  ;  from  1870-'72,  engaged  in  the 
Packer  Collegiate  Itistitute,  as  Head  of  First  Academic  Depart- 
ment, Second  Grade. 

John  W.  Bulkley  is  widely  known  as  an  educator  and  School 
Superintendent.  His  early  instruction  was  gained  in  the  schools 
of  his  native  town,  where  his  devotion  to  study  gave  •  promise  of 
high  culture  and  usefulness.  Through  the  influence  of  his 
pastor.  Rev.  Dr.  Waterman,  of  Bridgeport,  Ct.,  he  decided  to 
enter  the  Christian  ministry,  and  pursued  his  preparatory  studies 


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Sevknth  Generation.  97 

at  Clinton,  N.  Y.,  unde  the  care  of  Prof.  Monteith,  of  Hamilton 
College,  intending  to  commence  his  college  course  with  the 
Sophomore  class.  Ill  health,  however,  compelled  him  to  aban- 
don his  chosen  vocation,  and,  returning  to  Fairfield,  he  entered 
upon  what  proved  to  be  his  life  work,  the  calling  of  a  Teacher, 
for  which  it  soon  became  apparent  that  he  possessed  eminent 
qualifications.  A  sea  voyage  taken  shortly  after  the  commence- 
ment of  his  educational  career,  so  restored  his  vigor  that  he  was 
enabled,  without  interruption,  to  devote  himself  to  his  arduous 
labors.  He  addressed  himself  earnestly  to  an  examination  of  the 
various  systems  of  instruction,  opened  a  correspondence  with 
some  of  the  most  distinguished  educators  of  the  country,  and 
began  the  collection  of  a  teachers' library.  He  soon  attained,  by 
his  untiring  zeal  and  intelligent  action,  a  place  in  the  front  rank 
of  his  profession. 

In  1832.  he  removed  to  Troy,  N.  Y..  where  he  conducted  suc- 
cessfully a  private  school  until  1838,  when  he  accejited  an 
appointment  as  Principal  of  a  new  Grammer  School  in  Albany, 
N.  Y.  While  residing  in  Connecticut,  Mr.  Bulkley  commenced 
the  work  of  reform  in  the  schools  of  that  State,  and  excited 
much  interest  there.  He  continued  his  labors  in  his  new  field, 
was  a  member  of  an  Educational  Convention  in  1836  and  '37, 
and  was  one  of  the  leading  spirits  in  those  early  efforts,  which, 
after  repeated  failures,  contending  wdth  apathy  and  ignorance, 
resulted,  at  length,  in  1845,  in  the  organization  of  the  New  York 
State  Teachers'  Association,  of  which  he  was  chosen  the  first 
President.  This  association  gave  birth  to  the  first  Teachers' 
Journal  in  the  United  States.  Of  the  New  York  Teacher,  he 
was  one  of  the  editors  from  the  commencement,  and  for  some 
years  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Editors,  contributing  largely  to 
its  usefulness.  In  view  of  his  character  as  an  educator,  his  suc- 
cess as  a  teacher,  and  his  earnest  devotion  to  the  common  cause 
of  educational  reform,  Hamilton  College  conferred  on  him  the 
honorary  degree  of  A.  M.  Mr.  Bulkley  was  one  of  the  pioneers 
in  the  introduction  of  music  into  the  public  schools,  and  a  co- 
laborer  with  the  other  early  advocates  of  that  cause. 

In  1851  he  received  the  appointment  of  Principal  of  one  of 
the  largest  of  the  Williamsburgh  public  schools,  now  known  as 
No.  19  in  Brooklyn,  and  brought  to  the  administration  of  its 
affairs  enlightened  views  and  a  sound  policy.  His  success  as  a 
teacher  culminated  in  the  organization  of  this  school,  where 
he  remained  nearly  five  years.  He  entered  heartily  into  schemes 
of  reform  in  his  new  relations,  and  was  made  Principal  of  the 
Saturday  Normal  School,  which  he  had  been  the  chief  instru- 
ment in  organizing. 

On  the  consolidation  of  Brooklyn.  Williamsburgh  and  Bush- 
wick,  Mr.  ]5ulkley  was  chosen  City  Superintendent  of  Schools, 
and  entered  upon  his  duties  in  March,  1855.  To  this  office  lie 
was  annually  re-elected  until  1873,  and   then  accepted  the  less 


98  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

onerous  position  of  Associate  Superintendent.  He  continued  in 
active  service  until  1885,  when  he  resigned,  and  severed  his  con- 
nection with  the  Board  of  Education,  after  thirty  years  of  con- 
tinuous labor.  The  excellence  of  the  Brooklyn  system  of 
Public  Schools  is  attributed  largely  to  his  wise  direction  and 
zealous,  untiring  efforts  for  their  welfare.  In  every  national 
movement  for  the  encouragement  of  sound  learning  and  the  dif- 
fusion of  education,  he  has  borne  a  conspicuous  part.  He  was 
a  member  and  officer  for  many  years  of  the  American  Institute 
of  Instruction,  and  was  a  prominent  leader  in  the  organization 
of  the  National  Educational  Association  in  1857,  serving  as 
Secretary  from  1858-''59,  and  as  one  of  the  Vice-Presidents  from 
18Go-''66.  At  the  Washington,  D.  C,  meeting  in  1859,  he  was 
elected  President,  presiding  the  next  year,  1860,  in  Buffalo. 
He  was  also  connected  with  the  American  Association  for  the 
Advancement  of  Education,  the  State  Association  of  Superin- 
tendents, the  National  Association  of  Superintendents,  and,  in  all 
these  bodies,  from  year  to  year,  acted  upon  important  com- 
mittees, often  preparing  reports  involving  great  labor  and  re- 
search. 

Mr.  Bulkley's  religious  connections  are  with  the  Presbyterian 
Church,  in  which  he  has  for  many  years  been  an  Elder. 

104.  EVA  W.  BEOWN  [See  No.  103),  dan.  of  John  S.  and  Ann 
(Rounds)  Brown,  b.  June  18,  1848,  was  m.  June  1,  1876,  to 
Cornelius  Clarke  Sisson,  son  of  Barnet  and  Susan  Arnold 
(Brown)  Sisson,  b.  Aug.  25,  1850.  They  have  one  child, 
Clarence  Brown,  b.  April  6,  1877.     Reside  in  Providence. 

105.  CHARLES  D.  COOKE  {Amet/,^^  Isaac,'^^  Bep.-Gov. 
Elisha,^*  James, ^  John^  (JhatP),  son  of  Capt.  Benoni  and 
Amey  (Brown)  Cooke,  b.  Sept.  19,  1813,  m.  Aug.  16,  1836, 
Mary  Anna,  dau.  of  Gov.*  Samuel  Ward  King  and  his  wife, 
Catharine  L.  Angell.  She  was  b.  May  1, 1816,  d.  in  New  York 
city  of  typhoid  fever,  Nov.  28,  1884.  Buried  at  Laurel  Hill, 
Philadelphia.  Mr.  C.  D.  Cooke  is  a  successful  merchant  in  New 
York  (commission  dry  goods),  who,  in  the  frequently  recurring 
financial  crises  of  the  times,  has  never  failed  to  meet  his  obliga- 
tions. Mrs.  Cooke  was  a  descendant,  maternally,  of  the  first 
Thomas  Angell,  of  Providence.  {Catliarine,'^  Olney,^  Daniel^^ 
Stejihen,*  John,^  Jolui,"  Tltomas'^ .) 

CHILDREN. 

i.      Isaac   Brown,   b.   in  Johnston,  R.  I.,  Maj'  24,  1837,  d.  Sept. 
•    ■  30,  1854,  linm. 

ii.  Charles  Albert,  b.  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  Sept.  12,  1841.  Is 
unm.  and  resides  iu  New  York. 
156.  iii.  Hekry  Clarence,  b.  in  Baltimore,  Sept.  6,  1843.  Resides 
in  New  York.  Charles  A.  and  Henry  C.  Cooke  form  the 
tirm  of  Cooke  Brothers,  oil  manufacturers.  Works,  Eliza- 
beth, N.  J.     Office,  New  York  city. 

*  Governor  of  Rhode  Island  from  l&40-'43.    Resided  in  Johnston. 


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Seventh  Generation.  99 

100.  NATHANIEL  W.  BROWN  {Isaac,^''  Isaac;'^  Dep.- 
Gor.  Fh'sJ/aJ^  James, '^  JoJi/i,'^  diad^),  son  of  Isaac  and  Lydia 
(Williams)  Brown,  was  b.  Feb.  22,  1811. 

*'  Conspicuous  in  the  list  of  Rhode  Island  officers  who  were 
engaged  in  the  service  of  their  country  during  the  great  Rebel- 
lion of  the  South,  is  the  name  of  Col.  Nathaniel  Williams  Brown. 
He  was  born  in  Dighton,  Mass.,  at  the  house  of  his  maternal 
grandfather,  for  whom  he  was  named.  His  early  progress  in 
his  studies  was  so  marked,  that  at  the  age  of  eleven  he  was  ready 
for  a  preparatory  course,  intending  to  enter  college.  A  severe 
attack  of  inflammation  of  the  eyes  changed  his  plans,  and  at  the 
age  of  fourteen  he  entered  upon  a  mercantile  life  in  the  count- 
ing-roonl  of  his  father.  In  1833,  he  commenced  business  for 
himself  in  the  wool  trade.  He  recovered  the  use  of  his  eyes,  but 
the  severe  strain  upon  his  nervous  system,  increased  by  an  attack 
of  brain  fever  in  1830,  rendered  him  peculiarly  liable  to  acute 
nervous  and  inflammatory  disease,  and  unusually  susceptible  to 
the  influences  of  passing  events.  Later  in  life  these  tendencies 
were  less  marked.  In  common  with  other  business  men,  he  suf- 
fered from  the  commercial  crises  of  1837  and  1857.  In  the  latter 
year  he  withdrew  from  theDunnell  Manufacturing  Company,  of 
which  he  was  a  member,  and.  his  health  being  impaired, 
remained  until  1861  in  retirement  in  his  pleasant  home  at 
Dighton. 

"  On  the  breaking  out  of  the  rebellion,  his  military  experience 
acquired  in  the  First  Light  Infantry  Company,  of  Providence, 
commended  him  to  the  notice  of  the  State  authorities,  and  he 
was  summoned  to  Providence,  where  he  accepted  the  command 
of  Company  D,  in  the  First  Rhode  Island  Regiment.  At  the 
battle  of  Bull  Run  his  coolness  and  courage  brought  him  into 
prominent  notice.  His  well  drilled  company  was  specially 
exposed,  and  suffered  a  greater  loss  in  killed  and  wounded  than 
any  :)ther  in  the  regiment.  In  September,  1861,  he  was  com- 
missioned Colonel  of  the  Third  Regiment,  R.  I.  Vols.  Their 
destination  was  Port  Royal,  S.  C,  where  they  arrived  in  time  to 
participate  in  the  bombardment  of  the  rebel  forts  which  surren- 
dered November  7,  and  Col.  Brown  was  appointed  to  the  com- 
mand of  the  Post.  His  admirable  executive  abilities,  aided  by 
the  willing  co-operation  of  his  subordinate  officers,  soon  gave 
the  regiment  an  enviable  reputation,  and  it  was  considered 
second  to  none  in  the  service. 

"  In  the  Summer  of  1862  he  returned  to  his  home  for  a  much 
needed  rest,  but  resumed  his  command  in  September,  in  im- 
proved health  and  spirits,  and  was  at  once  appointed  Chief  of 
Artillery.  His  last  service  was  rendered  in  connection  with  an 
unsuccessful  expedition  organized  by  Gen.  Mitchell  in  October, 
for  the  purpose  of  reconnoitering  the  rebel  force  in  the  interior, 
and  destroying  a  portion  of  the  Charleston  and  Savannah  rail- 
road.    During  this  engagement  Col.  Brown  was  especially  con- 


100  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

spicuous  for  his  gallant  and  noble  bearing.  On  his  return  to 
Hilton  Head  he  was  attacked  by  fever,  which  soon  proved  fatal, 
and  on  Oct.  30,  1862,  he  quietly  breathed  his  last,  far  from 
home  and  kindred,  but  supported  by  an  unwavering  trust  in 
Divine  mercy,  and  a  clear  and  undisturbed  faith  in  the  love  of 
God  through  Jesus  Christ.  His  remains  were  interred  at  Hil- 
ton Head,  but  afterwards  removed  to  Providence,  where  they 
repose  in  the  North  Burial  Ground.  '  Greater  love  hath  no 
man  than  this,  that  a  man  lay  down  his  life  for  his  friends.'" 
(See  "Memoirs  of  Rhode  Island  Officers,"  by  John  E.  Bartlett, 
Providence,  1867.) 

He  m.  June  5,  1834,  Sophia,  b.  Sept.  21,  1813,  dau.  of  Eben- 
ezer  and  Sophia  (Smith)  Frothingham,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  gr. 
dau.  of  Capt.  Simon  and  Freelove  (Fenner)  Smith  of  Provi- 
dence, and  g.  gr.  dau.  of  Hon.  Arthur  and  Mary  (Olney) 
Fenner.  Mary  Olney  was  dau.  of  Capt.  James  and  JHallelujah 
(Brown)  Olney,  gr.  dau.  of  Daniel  and  Alice  (Hearnden)  Brown, 
and  g.  gr.  dau.  of  Chad  Brown.  Thus  Sophia  (Frothingham) 
Brown  is  a  descendant  in  the  seventh  generation  of  Chad 
Brown. 

CHILDREN. 

i.      Sophia  Frothingham,  b.  Oct.  4,  1836. 

ii.     Nathaniel  Williams,  b.  Sept.  1,  1838,  d.  Jan.  10,  1844.     . 

iii.  Frederic  Lothrop.  b.  July  20,  1840,  in.  Oct.  6,  1870.  Mary 
Louisa,  dau.  of  William  P.  and  Mary  E.  Eddy,  of  Dighton, 
Mass  She  d.  July  6,  1885,  leaving  one  child,  Bessie  Froth- 
ingham, b.  Dec.  1,  1877. 

iv.  Amey,  b.  July  16,  1842,  was  m.  Nov.  16,  1864,  to  Harrison 
Bliss,  Jr.,  of  Worcester,  Mass.,  who  d.  May  12,  186S. 
They  had  one  son,  Theodore  Harrison,  b.'  Nov.  9,  1867. 

V.     LancxDon.  b.  April  4,  1850,  d.  June  30,  1870. 

vi.    Nathaniel  Williams,  b  May  9,  1853.  d.  June  14,  1856. 
There  were  five  otliers  who  died  in  infancy. 

107.  AMEY  D.  BROWN  [See  No.  106),  dau.  of  Isaac  and 
Lydia  (Williams)  Brown,  b.  Feb.  22,  1814,  was  m.  Dec.  29. 1834, 
to  Jacob  Dunnell,  of  Pawtucket,  R.  I.,  b.  Dec.  29,  1811,  d. 
May  21.  1886.  She  d.  Sept.  9,  1868  He  was  son  of  Jacob 
and  Mary  (Lyman)  Dunnell,  and  gr.  son  of  Judge  Daniel  and 
Polly  (Wanton)  Lyman.* 

CHILDREN. 

i.       Mary  Lyman,  b.  Oct.  29,  1835,  d.  Feb.  3,  1841. 

157.  ii       Sophia  Brown,  b.  June  14,  1837. 

158.  iii.     Jacob,  b.  Feb.  6,  1839. 

iv.     Edward  Wanton,  b.  May  8,  1841,  d.  July  29,  1841. 
V.      Amey,  b.  June  17,  1844.  d.  Oct.  23,  1844.  ' 
vi.     Adela,  b.  July  5,  1845,  d.  Nov.  28,  1853. 

*  The  emigrant  ancestor  of  the  Lymans  in  America  wa.s  Richard  Lyman,  who  came  in 
4631  from  High  (_)ngar,  Essex  Co.,  England,  to  Hartford,  Conn.  (See  "  Lyman  Geneal- 
ogy" and  "  America  Heraldica.") 


Seventh  Generation.  101 

159.  vii.  Alice  Maud  Mary,  b.  Sept.  15,  1846,  ra.  Sept.  15,  1873, 
Amasa  M.  Eaton.     (See  No.  125). 

viii.  Margarkt,  b.  May  3,  1848,  d.  Aug.  38,  1849. 

ix.  William  Wanton,  b.  Sept.  13,  1850,  m.  June  20,  1882, 
Susan  Williams,  dau.  of  Joseph  G.  and  Lydia  Williams 
(Presbury)  Grinnell,  and  gr.  dau.  of  Rev.  Samuel  and  Myra 
(Williams)  Presbury.  Myra  Williams  was  a  descendant  in 
the  sixth  generation  of  Richard  Williams,  of  Taunton,  Mass. 
{Myra,^  Benjamin,^  Benjamin,'^  Seth,^  Samuel,''^  RkhnrcP .) 

108.  SUSAN"  T.  BECKWITH  {Alice  D.,^^  Isaac,^^  Dep. 
Gov.  ElisJia,^^  James, ^  Joltu,^  CJukP),  dau.  of  Tnnnan  and 
Alice  D.  (Brown)  Beckwith,  b.  June  13,  1815,  was  m.  Jan.  9, 
1838,  to  Rev.  Arthur  Savage  Train,  D.  D.,  the  only  child  of  Rev. 
Charles  and  Elizabeth  (Harrington)  Train,  b.  Sept.  1,  1812.  d. 
Jan.  2,  1872.  After  graduating  at  Brown  University  in  1833, 
he  remained  there  for  a  year  as  tutor.  He  studied  theology 
under  Dr.  Francis  Wayland  and  his  father.  Rev.  Charles  Train, 
of  Framingham,  and  became  pastor  of  the  First  Baptist  Church 
in  Haverhill,  Mass.,  in  183G,  where  he  continued  until  1859. 
He  then  accejited  the  Chair  of  Sacred  Rhetoric  and  Pastoral 
Duties  in  Newton  Theological  Institution,  resigning,  in  1866,  to 
take  charge  of  the  Baptist  Church  at  Framingham,  Mass.,  of 
which  his  father  had  for  many  years  been  pastor.  Six  years 
later,  he  died  in  its  service,  much  lamented.  Mrs.  Train  d. 
Feb.  5,  1851,  in  her  30th  year.  They  had  three  daus.,  xlUce 
Broivn,  b.  June  23.  1839  ;  EJizaMh  Harrington,  b.  May  9, 
1843  ;  Annie  Russell,  b.  Feb.  4,  1845,  who  was  m.  July  29, 
1873,  to  James  A.  Hale. 

Jr. 

109.  AMOS  4..  BECKWITH  {See  No.  108),  son  of  Truman 
and  Alice  D.  (Brown)  Beckwith,  b.  Dec.  4,  1822,  m.  Nov.  15, 
1848,  Clara,  dau.  of  Warren  Lippitt.  She  d.  June  15,  1879, 
aged  51  years. 

CHILDREN. 

i.       Daniel,  b.  Sept.  13,  1849. 

ii.  Alice  Dexter,  b.  June  13,  1852  ;  was  m.  Sept.  18,  1873,  to 
ciT.  Ernest  (p.  Oppenheim,  and  d.  July  3,  1884,  leaving  a  son, 
Beckirith,  b  June  24,  1874,  and  a  dau.,  Clara  Lipintt,  b. 
Jan.  20,  1877. 

iii.  Robert  Lippitt,  b.  Aug.  14,  1855,  m.  Oct.  2,  1879,  Carrie, 
dau.  of  William  and  Theresa  (Brown)  Joslin.  They  have 
four  children  :  Amos,  b.  Aug.  22,  1880  ;  Henry  T.  (2d),  b. 
March  26.  1882;  William,  b.  June  6,  1884;  Alice  Brown, 
b.  Nov.  6,  1885. 

iv.  Truman,  b.  Aug.  20,  1859,  m.  Feb.  2,  1887,  Harriette  Lin- 
coln, dau.  of  Henry  L.  and  Sarah  (Armstrong)  Parsons. 
They  have  a  son,  Trurnan  Beckwith,  Jr.,  b.  Oct.  10,  1887. 

v.      Helen  Stuart,  b.  June  8,  d.  Sept.  14,  1661. 

vi.     Warren  Lippitt,  b.  Sept.  13,  1867. 

110.  ELISIIA  BROWNE  {Esek,^^  Elisha,^^  Cliad,^^  Oba- 
diah,^  John,"  Cliad^),  son  of  Esek  and  Mary  (Sayles)  Browne, 


102  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

m.  Rhoby,  dan.  of  Nathaniel  and  Betsey  (Huntington)  Bowdish, 
and  gr.  dau.  of  Elijah  Huntington,  of  Ashford,  Conn,  She  d, 
in  Chepachet  in  1871  in  her  8 1st  year.  He  was  a  man  of  un- 
doubted integrity  and  respected  by  all  who  knew  him.  Though 
in  feeble  health,  he  was  enabled  by  his  industry  to  leave  his 
family  in  comfortable  ciriumstances.  At  the  time  of  his  death, 
in  1826,  he  was  a  large  land  owner  in  Westfield,  Orleans  Co., 
Vt.  He  lived  and  died  in  Chepachet,  R.  I.  (See  Huntington 
Family  Memoir,  1863.) 

CHILDREN. 

160.  i.       George  HuNTiKGTON.  b.  Jan.  6.  1818. 
ii.      Ememne  Armstrong,  d.  j-oung. 

111.  CELINDA  BROWN,  {See  Xo.  110),  dau.  of  Esek  and 
Mary  (Sayles)  Browne,  b.  in  Glocester,  R.  I.,  April  4,  1799,  was 
m.  in  1818  to  Anthony  Sanders,  b.  in  Glocester,  May  16,  1796, 
son  of  Oliver  and  Mary  (Pollock)  Sanders,  and  gr,  son  of  Ste- 
phen and  Sarah  (Paine)  Sanders.  He  removed  soon  after  his 
marriage  to  Williamstown,  Mass.,  where  he  d.  July  24,  1853. 
His  widow  d.  at  Fulton,  N,  Y.,  Nov.  30,  1859,  while  on  a 
Thanksgiving  visit  to  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Mary  J.  Lord.  Her 
remains  were  taken  to  Williamstown  for  burial.  They  had  14 
children,  11  of  whom  grew  to  maturity.  The  two  eldest  were 
b.  in  Glocester,  the  remainder  in  Williamstown. 

CHILDREN. 

i.  Eliza  Ann,  b.  March  18,  1819,  was  m.  March  18,  1859,  to 
William  Danforth,  of  Williamstown,  son  of  Coon  and  Clara 
Danforth,  who  d.  Dec.  16,  1885.     No  issue. 

ii.      Mary,  b.  March  12,  1820,  d.  Oct.  12,  1822. 

161.  iii.     Marshall  Danforth,  b.  July  3, 1823. 

iv.     Milton,  b.  April  12,  1825,  d.  Nov.  12,  1826. 

162.  V.      .Mary  Jane,  b   Oct.  21,  1826. 

vi.  Frances  Celinda,  b.  Nov.  24,  1828,  was  m.  Aug.  14,  1858, 
to  Dr.  Samuel  Duncan,  of  Williamstown,  son  of  Samuel 
and  Sarah  Duncan,  and  had  two  children,  Eleanor,  b.  Feb. 
3,  1864,  and  Richard,  b.  July  20,  1865,  Dr.  Duncan  was  in 
the  United  States  Service  during  the  Civil  War  of  1861,  as 
surgeon.     He  d.  Feb.  3,  1882. 

vii.  Lucy  Adaline,  b.  Nov.  20,  1830,  was  ni.  Nov.  29,  1855,  to 
Erastus  N.  Bates,  now  of  Riverside,  Cook  Co. ,  111.  He  is  a 
graduate  of  Williams  College,  a  lawyer  by  profession,  and 
was  State  Treasurer  of  Illinois  for  four  years.  In  the  late 
war  of  the  rebellion  he  enlisted  as  Major  of  the  80th  Regt. 
of  111.  Vols.,  in  Gen.  Straight's  command,  was  captured,  and 
confined  in  Libby  and  otlier  prisons  of  the  South  for  over 
fifteen  months.  He  was  one  of  the  officers  sent  to  Charles- 
ton, S.  C,  to  be  placed  under  fire  of  the  Union  troops,  but 
was  subsequently  exchanged,  returned  to  his  home,  and  was 
years  in  recruiting  from  his  hardships.  He  was  promoted  to 
the  rank  of  Brigadier  General. 

Lucy  A.  Eaters  d.  at  Springfield,  111..  Feb.  13,  1872.    They 
had  three  sons,  George,  Bertie  and  Walter. 


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Seventh  Generation.  103 

viii.  Betsey  Abby,  b.  Dec.  26,  1882,  d.  Feb.  10,  1835. 

ix.  Oliver  Brown,  b.  July  13,  1884,  was  m.  May  28,  1865,  to 
Julia  A.  Ed.son,  at  Ceutralia,  111.,  and  has  two  daughters. 
They  now  reside  in  Chicago,  111.,  where  he  is  Secretary  of  the 
Provident  Savings  Insurance  Co. 

X.  George  Anthony,  b.  July  4,  1836,  m.  Nov.  16,  1865,  at 
Fulton,  N.  Y.,  Antoinette  C,  dau.  of  Hon.  M.  Lindley  Lee, 
M.  D.,  and  his  wife  Anna  (Core)  Lee.  A  graduate  of 
Williams  College,  a  lawyer  by  profession,  and  was  Assistant 
State  Treasurer  of  Illinois  for  six  years  Resides  at  Spring- 
field, 111.,  and  is  of  the  firm  of  Sanders  and  Bowers, 
Attoruevs  They  have  had  five  children  (1)  Unruaned,  h. 
Nov.  25",  d.  Nov.  28,  1866.  (2)  Walter  Lee,  b.  June  13,  1868. 
(3)  Alice  Bates,  b.  June  27,  1870,  d.  Feb.  19,  1876.  (4) 
Fra/tre.s  Antoinette,  h.  June  30,  1873,  d.  Feb.  22,  1876.  (5) 
Ejfie  Stork,  b.  Dec.  2,  1874. 

xi.  William  Henry,  b.  Nov.  4,  1838,  m.  in  autumn  of  1868, 
Hattie  Green,  of  New  York  city.  He  is  a  farmer,  and  lives 
at  Blue  Earth  City,  Faribault  Co.,  Minn.  They  have  three 
children  living. 

xii.  James  Brainard,  b.  Sept,  18,  1840,  m.  March  25,  1869,  Mary 
Tompkins,  of  Centralia,  111.  He  served  one  year  in  the  war 
of  1861  as  musician  in  the  33d  Regt.  111.  Vols.,  and  is  now  a 
hardware  merchant  of  Centralia.  They  have  three  daugh- 
ters :  Jessie  T.,  b.  Jan.  25,  1870  ;  Lucy  Josephine,  b.  Jan.  26, 
1872  ;  Mabel  Augusta,  b.  Nov.  5,  1874. 

xiii.  Helen  Josephine,  b.  March  13,  1843,  was  m.  Nov.,  1872, 
at  Springfield,  111.,  to  Julius  Butler  Ranney,  son  of  Oliver 
Ranney,  of  Bethlehem,  Conn.,  and  his  wife  Lynda  Adams,  of 
Genoa.  N.  Y.  He  is  a  fruit  grower  and  farmer  of  ilulberry 
Corners,  Geauga  Co.,  Ohio.  They  have  two  children  : 
Antoinette  Avgvsta,  b.  Aug.  12,  1874,  and  Oliver  Anthony, 
b.  Nov.  14,  1883. 

xiv.  Catharine  Augusta,  b.  May  2.  1846,  was  m.  at  Springfield, 
111.,  Dec.  15,  1870,  to  William  Talcott.  of  Jersey  City,  N.  J., 
a  graduate  of  Williams  College,  and  a  lawyer  by  profes- 
sion. She  d.  at  Denver,  Colorado,  of  consumption,  March 
8,  1873.     No  issue. 


104  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

EIGHTH    GENERATION. 

112.  CHAELOTTE  HOPE  GODDAED  {Charlotte  R. 
Ives^'^^  Hope,  ^^  JVicholas,-^  James,^  James,^  Jo/oi,^  C/ickP), 
dan.  of  William  G.  and  Charlotte  E.  (Ives)  Goddard,  b.  Dec.  1, 
1823,  was  ni.  June  14,  1848,  to  AVilliam  Binney,  of  Phila- 
delphia, son  of  Horace  and  Mary  (Woodrow)  Binney.  She  d. 
April  26',  18G6,  leaving  fonr  children.  (1)  Hope  Ives,  b.  May 
10,  1849,  m.   Samuel  Powell,   Jr.,  of  Philadelphia.     (2)  ^Fari/ 

Woodrow,  b.  Dec.  14,  1856,  m.  Sidney  F.  Tyler,  President  of 
the  Fourth  Street  National  Bank,  Philadelphia,  son  of  George 
F.  Tyler.  She  d.  Dec.  19,  1884.  'J~hey  had  two  children,_  a 
son  and  a  daughter.  (3)  William,  b.  July  31,  1858,  m.  Harriet 
Da  Costa  Ehodes.     (4)  Horace,  b.  May  18,  1860. 

113.  WILLIAM  GODDAED  [See  Xo.  112),  eldest  son  of 
William  G.  and  Charlotte  E.  (Ives)  Goddard,  b.  Dec.  25,  1825, 
m.  Feb.  19,  1867,  Mary  Edith,  dan.  of  Hon.  Thomas  Allen  and 
Mary  J.  (Fuller)  Jenckes,  and  gr.  dan.  of  Thomas  and  Abigail 
(Allen)  Jenckes. 

William  Goddard  graduated  at  Brown  University  in  1846. 
After  studying  law  and  traveling  extensively,  he  engaged  in  mer- 
cantile and  manufacturing  pursuits.  During  the  late  civil  war 
he  espoused  the  cause  of  the  Union,  and,  as  Major  of  the  First 
Ehode  Island  Eegiment,  was  highly  complimented  by  Colonel 
Burnside  in  his  official  report  to  General  Scott.  He  was  subse- 
quently appointed  a  member  of  the  staff  of  General  Burnside, 
and  for  gallant  and  meritorious  conduct  at  the  battle  of  Fred- 
ericksburg, was  brevetted  Colonel.  He  is  now  the  senior  part- 
ner of  the  firm  of  Goddard  Brothers,  Providence,  successors  to 
the  house  of  Brown  and  Ives. 

They  have  one  child,  Editlt  Uupi',  b.  Jan.  4,  1868. 

114.  FEANCIS  W.  GODDAED  {t^n>Xo.  112),  son  of  Wil- 
liam G.  and  Charlotte  E.  (Ives)  Goddard,  b.  May  4,  1833,  m. 
May,  1862,  Elizabeth  Cass,  dan.  of  Henry  and  Matilda  (Cass) 
Ledyard,  of  Newport,  E.  I.,  and  gr,  dau.  of  Hon.  Lewis  and 
Elizabeth  (Spencer)  Cass,  of  Detroit,  Mich. 

Elizabeth  Spencer  was  a  descendant  in  the  seventh  generation 
of  Dr.  Edward  Bulkeley,  rector  of  All  Saints  Church,  Odell, 
Bedfordshire,  Eng.,  in  1558.  The  have  two  children  :  Charlotte 
Ives,  b.  March  l,"l863,  and  Henry  Ledijard,  b.  Nov.,  1866. 

Charlotte  Ives  was  m.  Oct.  12,  'l887/to  Amos  Lockwood,  son 
of  John  W.  and  Sarah  (Lockwood)  Danielson.  Eeside  in  Provi- 
dence. 

115.  EOBEET  H.  I.  GODDAED*  {See  Xo.  112),  b.  Sept.  21, 

*  Brevet  Lieutenant-Colonel  Robert  H.  I.  Goddard  served  upon  the  staff  of  General 
Burnside  as  aide-de-camp. 


Eighth  Gen^eration.  105 

1837,  m.  Jan.  26,  1871,  Rebekali  Burnet,  dau.  of  William  and 

Elizabeth  (Bennet)  Groesbeck,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

They  have  had  three  children  :  IVilli'aiti  (rroesheck,  b.  Nov. 
21,  1871,  d.  April  25.  1882  ;  Madeline  Ives,  b.  June  30,  1874; 
JMerf  Hale  Ives,  b.  Feb.  12,  1880. 

116.  ELIZABETH  A.  IVES  (Robert  H.  Ives,''^  Hope,^^ 
Niclwlas,^^^  James, ^  James, '^^  Johii,^  CluuP),  dau.  of  Robert  H. 
and  Harriet  B.  (Amory)  Ives,  b.  April  10,  1830,  was  m.  Sept.  22, 
1851,  to  Professor  William  Gammell,  eldest  son  of  Rev.  William 
and  Mary  (Slocomb)  Gammell,  b.  in  Medfield,  Mass.,  Feb.  10, 
1812.  The  family  removed  to  Newport.  R.  I.,  in  1822.  Wil- 
liam Gammell  graduated  at  Brown  University  in  1831,  and.  in 
the  following  year,  was  made  tutor  of  the  Latin  language  in  that 
institution  In  1835,  he  was  appointed  Professor  of  Rhetoric 
and  English  Literature,  and  in  1850  was  transferred  to  the  Pro- 
fessorship of  History  and  Political  Economy,  a  post  which  he 
occupied  until  his  resignation  in  1864.  He  is  known  as  an  au- 
thor, and  writer  for  magazines  and  reviews,  and  has,  since  1882, 
been  President  of  the  Rhode  Island  Historical  Society. 

CHILDEEN. 

i.  RoBEiiT  Ives,  b.  Dec.  30,  1853,  m.  Feb.  28,  1878,  Eliza  An- 
thony, youngest  dau.  of  Francis  Edwin  and  Eliza  (Anthony) 
Hoppin,  b.  Jan.  20,  1858  They  have  had  three  children  : 
Hope,  b.  March  12,  1879,  d.  Oct.  15,  1880  ;  Virginia,  b. 
Oct.  16,  1880  ;  Robert,  b.  .Jan.  9,  1888,  d.  Feb.  8,  1888. 

ii.  Elizabeth  Hope,  b,  Nov.  7,  1854,  was  m.  May  19,  1880,  to 
John  Whipple  Slater,  son  of  William  Smith  and  Harriet 
Morris  (Whipple)  Slater. 

iii.  WiLLfAM,  Jr.,  b.  May  20,  1857,  m.  Feb.  20,  1884,  Bessie  Gar- 
diner, twin  dau  of  Tully  Dorrance  and  Louisa  (Holmes) 
Bowen,  b.  Dec.  19,  1859.  They  have  a  son,  William,  b. 
March  8.  1885. 

iv.  Arthur  Amoky,  b.  March  13.  1862,  d.  in  Providence,  March 
23,  1887.  A  graduate  of  Brown  University  in  the  class  of 
1886. 

V.     Harriet  Ives,  b.  May  16,  1864. 

vi.    Helen  Louise,  b.  April  24,  1868. 

117.  ANNE  B.  FRANCIS  {John  B.  Francis,''^  Ahbij,^'> 
John,^''^  James, ^  James, ^  Jolin,^  CltarP),  dau.  of  John  B.  and 
Anne  C.  (Brown)  Francis,  b.  April  23,  1828,  was  m.  July  12, 
1848,  to  Marshall  Woods,  of  Providence,  son  of  Rev.  Alva 
Woods,  D.  D.,  and  Almira  (Marshall)  Woods,  his  wife,  born  in 
Boston,  Mass.,  Nov.  28,  1824. 

CHILDREN. 

i.  Abby  Fuancis,  b.  May  27,  1849,  was  ra.  Oct.  15,  1873,  to 
Samuel  Appleton  Brown  Abbott,  of  Boston,  son  of  Judge 
Josiah  and  Caroline  (Livermore)  Abbott.  They  have  four 
children  :  Helen  Francis,  b.  July,  29,  1874  ;  Madeline  Lioer- 

8 


106  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

more,  b.    Nov.  2,    1876  :    Anne  Francis,  b.  Sept.  8,  1878  ; 
Caroline  Livermore,  b.  April  25.  1880. 
ii.     John  Carter  Brown,    b.    June    12.    1851.     A  graduate  of 
Brown  University  in  the  class  of  1872. 

118.  JAMES  B.  HERRESHOFF  (C.  F.  Herresh>ff.-^ 
Sarah, ^^  Joint, ^~  James,^  James,*  John,-  Cliad'^),  son  of 
Charles  F.  and  Julia  Ann  (Lewis)  Herreshoff  was  b,  March  18. 
'1834.  From  1853-1855  he  studied  in  Brown  University,  taking 
a  special  course,  chiefly  in  chemistry.  He  m.  May  14,  1875, 
Jane,  dau.  of  William  and  Margaret  Jane  (Morrow)  Brown,  of 
Ireland,  b.  Aug.  21,  1855.  They  have  fiye  children.  (1)  Jane 
Brown,  b.  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  July  13,  1876.  (2)  James 
Brown,  b.  in  London,  Eng.,  March  18,  1878.  (3)  Charles 
Frederick,  b.  in  Nice,  France,  May  28,  1880.  (4)  William 
yStiiart,  b.  in  Hampton  Wick.  Eng.,  April  21,  1883.  (5)  Anna 
Frances,  b.  in  Bristol,  R.  L,  July  5,  1880.     Reside  in  Bristol. 

119.  CAROLINE  L.  HERRESHOFF  {See  Xo.ll^),  b.  Feb. 
27,  1837,  was  m.  Aug.  16, 1866,  to  Lieut.  E.  Stanton  Cliesebro,' 
of  New  York  city,  son  of  Albert  G.  and  Phebe  Etes  (Cobb) 
Chesebro,'  b.  in  New  York,  Aug.  17,  1841,  d.  in  Bristol,  R.  J., 
Oct.  22,  1875. 

They  had  one  child,  Albert  Stanton  Cliesebro,'  b.  in  Bristol, 
Jan.  11,   1868. 

120.  CHARLES  F.  HERRESHOFF  {See  Xo.  118),  b.  Feb. 
26,  1839,  m.  March  19,  1863,  Mary,  dau.  of  Charles  and  Mary 
(Bateman)  Potter,  of  Portsmouth,  R.  I.,  b.  March  3,  1843,  d.  in 
Bristol,  March  24,  1866.  He  m.  second,  Dec.  3,  1868,  Alice, 
dau.  of  Isaac  Cook  and  Alice  (Bateman)  Almy,  of  Tiverton,  R. 
I.,  b.  Aug.  15,  J 838. 

He  has  one  daughter  by  the  first  wife,  Julia  Ann,  b.  in 
Bristol,  Aug.  20,  1864. 

121.  JOHN  B.  HERRESHOFF  {See  Xo.  118),  b.  April  24. 
1841,  m.  Oct.  6.  1870,  Sarah  Lucas,  dau.  of  John  and  Catharine 
(Bumstead)  Kilton,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  b  Nov.  2!,  1836.  He  is 
President  and  Treasurer  of  the  Herreshotf  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany, established  in  Bristol,  R.  I.,  in  1863.  For  ten  years 
schooners  and  sloops  only  were  built,  but,  since  1873  steamers 
have  supplanted  sailing  vessels.  The  high  rate  of  speed  attained 
by  some  of  the  well-known  Herreshoff  yachts,  has  achieved  for 
the  company  a  national  reputation. 

They  have  a  dau..  A'l'/;'//^//'/;^^' AVZ/'o;/,  b.  in  Bristol,  July  31, 
1871. 

122.  NATHANAEL  G.  HERRESHOFF  {See  Xo.  118).  b. 
March  18,  1848,  m.  Dec.  26,  1883,  Clara  Anna,  dau.  of  Algernon 


Eighth  GENTERAXioisr.  107 

Sidney  and  Clara  Anna  (Diman)  De  Wolf,  of  Bristol,  R.  I.,  b. 
Sept.  5,  1853.  For  several  years  he  was  connected  with  the 
Corliss  Steam  Engine  Company,  of  Providence,  and  was  after- 
wards a  student  at  the  Mass.  Institute  of  Technology,  in  the 
class  of  1869.  He  is  now  the  Superintendent  of  the  Herreshoff 
Manufacturing  Company . 

They  have  three  children,  all  born  in  Bristol  :  (1)  Aqnes 
MnUev,  b.  Oct.  19,  1884.  (2)  Algernon  Sidney  Ih  Wolf,  b. 
Nov.  22,  1886.     (3)  Nathanad  G.,  Jr.,  b.  Feb.  5,  1888. 

123.  J.  B  F.  HERRESHOFF  [Ser  Xn.  118),  b.  Feb  7,  1850, 
m  Feb  9,  1876,  Grace  Eugenia,  dan.  of  John  and  Louisa  (Chamber- 
lin)  Dyer,  of  Providence,  b.  March  20,  1851,  d.  Dec.  2,  1880.  He 
m.  second,  Oct.  25,  1882,  Eniilie  Duval,  dan.  of  Dr.  Richard  Henry 
and  Sarah  (Lothrop)  Lee,  of  Philadelphia,  Penn.,  b.  March  24, 
1863.  He  entered  Brown  University  in  1867,  and  soon  develop- 
ing a  marked  aptness  in  chemistry,  concentrated  his  attention 
upon  that  science.  In  Nov.,  1868,  he  was  appointed  Assistant 
Professor  in  the  laboratory  under  Prof.  Appleton,  where  he 
remained  two  years.  Since  1876,  he  has  been  Superintendent  of 
the  Laurel  Hill  Chemical  Works  on  Newtown  Creek,  L.  I, 
This  establishment  is  the  largest  of  the  kind  in  the  country,  and, 
in  the  production  of  sulphuric  acid,  surjDasses  any  manufactory 
in  the  world. 

He  has  three  children  :  (1)  One  child  by  the  first  wife,  Louise 
ClKtmbcrUn,  b.  in  Providence,  Nov.  29, 1876.  (2)  Francis  Lee, 
b.  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  2,  1883.  (3)  Frederic,  b.  in  Brook- 
lyn, March  7,  1888. 

124.  JULIAN  L.  HERRESHOFF  {See  No.  118),  b.  July  29, 
1854,  m.  Sept.  11,  1879,  Ellen  Frances,  dan.  of  James  Madison 
and  Frances  E.  (Mowry)  Taft,  of  Pawtucket,  R.  I.,  b.  Jan.  3, 
1852.  For  the  last  two  years  he  has  been  pursuing  a  classical 
oourse  at  the  University  of  Berlin,  Germany.  They  have  one 
child,  Grace,  b.   in  Bristol,  March  31,  1881." 

125.  AMASA  M  EATON  {Sarah  B.  Flaton,'^'^  Alice, '^ ^-  John, ^-^ 
James, ^  Janifs,^  Joh/i,'^  Chad^),  sou  of  Levi  C.  and  Sarah  B. 
(Mason)  Eaton,  b.  May  31,  1841,  m.  Sept.  15,  1873,  Alice  Maud 
Mary,  dau.  of  Jacob  and  Amey  (Brown)  Dunnell,  of  Pawtucket, 
R.  I.  {Amej/A"^  Isaac, ^^  Isaac,^^  Dep.-Gov.  ElishaA"^ 
James,*  John,-  Chad^),  b.  Sept  15,  1846.  He  graduated  at 
Brown  University  in  1861  (A.  M.),  and  at  Harvard  Law  School 
in  1878  {LL.B.y.  A  member  of  the  First  Rhode  Island  Regi- 
ment, under  Col.  Burnside,  he  was  in  the  military  service  of  the 
United  States  for  three  months  in  the  Spring  and  Summer  of 
1861.  This  regiment,  composed  of  the  choicest  material, 
achieved  a  national  reputation,  and  in  the  fiery  ordeal  of  the  con- 


108  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

flict  at  Bull  Run,  was  highly  commended  for  bravery  and  forti- 
tude in  the  day  of  battle.  Mr.  Eaton  has  frequently  represented 
his  native  town,  North  Providence,  in  the  General  Assembly  ; 
has  served  as  member  of  the  Common  Council  and  as  Alderman 
from  the  Tenth  Ward.  Since  1878,  he  has  practised  the  profes- 
sion of  law  in  Providence. 

They  have  six  children,  four  sons  and  two  daughters  :  (1) 
Amasa  Mason,  b.  Sept.  34,  1874.  (2)  William  Dunnell,  b. 
Feb.  26,  1877.  (3)  ^arah  Brown,  b.  June  30,  1878.  (4) 
C/iarles  Oicrtis,  b.  Jan.  16,  1880.  (5)  Lexois  Diman,  b.  Sept. 
13,  1881.     (6)  Amexj  Broicn,  b.  Jan.  1,  1885. 

126.  CHAELES  F.  EATON  {See  No.  125),  son  of  Levi  C. 
and  Sarah  B.  (Mason)  Eaton,  b.  Dec.  11,  1842,  m.  April  24, 
1867,  Helen  Justice,  dau.  of  Edwin  and  Mary  A.  (Peterson) 
Mitchell,  of  Philadelphia,  Penn.  After  a  residence  of  several 
years  abroad,  he  returned  with  his  family  to  this  country  in  ]886. 
They  now  reside  in  Santa  Barbara,  California. 

They  have  three  children  :  (1)  Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  20, 
1869.  (2)  Charles  Frederick,  b.  April  22,  1873.  (3)  Lewis 
Francis,  b.  at  Nice,  France,  Dec.  15,  1877. 

127.  WILLIAM  GROSVENOR,  Jr.  {Rosa  A.  Mason,'^^ 
Alice, '^'^  John,^'  James,^  James,'*'  John,"  ChacP  ),  son  of  William 
and  Rosa  Anne  (Mason)  Grosvenor,  b.  Aug.  4,  1838,  m.  Oct.  4, 
1882,  Rose  Dinwood  Phinney,  of  Newport,  R.  I. 

They  have  two  children,  b.  in  Providence  :  Alice  Jlason,  b. 
Aug.  6,  1883,  and  Caroline  Rose,  b.  Feb.  9,  1885.  He  gradu- 
ated at  Brown  University  in  1860,  and  was  trained  to  business 
in  his  father's  office.  He  is  one  of  the  members  of  the  Gros- 
venor-Dale  Company,  and  its  treasurer  and  general  agent. 

128.  ANNA  A.  JENKINS  {Anna  Alm>/,'>^  Sarah,*'-' 
Moses,^^  James,^  James,'^  John,'^  (JliaiP),  dau.  of  William 
and  Anna  (Almy)  Jenkins,  b.  Feb.  1,  1831,  was  m.  to  Thomas 
F.  Hoppin,  who  d.  in  1873.  She  was  m.  second,  Nov.  5,  1874,  to 
Henry  A.  Babbitt,  of  Pomfret  Centre,  Conn. 

Her  two  daughters,  children  of  the  first  husband,  are  Anna 
Jenkins,  b.  May  16,  1853,  and  Alice,  b.  Jan.  14,  1857.  Anna 
J.  was  m.  to  Frederick  W.  Chapin,  and  has  Anna  Alice,  b.  Dec. 
16,  ]88l.  Alice  was  m.  to  Austen  G.  Fox,  and  has  had  two 
children:  Austen  Hoppin,  b.  Nov.  4,  1877,  and  Henrv,  b.  May 
24,  1883,  d.  Dec.  30,  1884. 

129.  BENJAMIN  COWELL  {Elizabeth  B.  Hoxoell,^^  J.  i?. 
Howell,*'^  Mary,^^^  Jeremiah, ^'^  James,*  John,^  Chad^),  son  of 
Benjamin  and  Elizabeth  B.  (Howell)  Cowell,  b.  Dec.  28,  1818, 
d.  Oct.j4,  1873,  at  his  residence  in  Peoria,  111.     He  was  one  of 


Eighth  Generation.  109 

the  "Argonauts"  of  California  in  1849,  and  subsequently  settled 
in  Peoria,  III,  in  1858,  where  he  entered  into  business  as  a  mer- 
chant.    He  m.  Oct.  1,  1845,  Amey  W.  Harris. 

CHILDREN. 

i.  Joseph  Harris,  b  April  4,  1847,  in  the  homestead  on  Charles 
Field  street,  Providence.  He  fitted  for  college  in  Peoria, 
and  in  1864,  served  one  hundred  days  in  the  l^Qth  Illinois 
Volunteers.  The  following  year  he  entered  Brown  Univer- 
sity, and  graduated  in  1869  with  the  degree  of  B.  A.  He 
then  studied  medicine  at  Michigan  University,  receiving  the 
degree  of  M.  D.  in  1871.  The  same  year  he  was  elected 
Professor  of  Pathology  in  the  Homeopathic  College  at 
Lansing,  Mich.,  and  held  the  position  for  two  terms, 
when  he  removed  to  East  Saginaw,  Mich.,  where  he  is  now 
a  practising  physician  and  surgeon.  He  m.  May  23,  1878, 
Clarissa,  dau.  of  Mark  L.  Child.  They  have  three  children: 
Mary  Child,  b.  June  17,  1880  ;  Elizabeth  Howell,  b.  Aug.  20, 
1883  ;  Amen  Coioell,  b   June  16.  1886. 

ii.     Elizabeth  Howell,  b.  Oct.  18, 1848. 

iii.  Benjamin,  b.  May  9.  1853,  m.  Feb.  5,  1880,  Mary  Anne  Goss, 
and  has  Rnth,  b.  July  23,  1881,  and  Mark  Weritwarth,  b. 
July  30,  1883. 

iv.    Harry,  twin  brother  of  Benjamin,  d.  Sept.  1,  1853. 

V.     Amey  Adaline,  b.  Dec.  30,  1861. 

130.  SAMUEL  COWELL(AS'ee  JS'o.  129),  son  of  Benjamin  and 
Elizabeth  B.  (Howell),  wash.  July  3,  1820.  He  graduated  at 
Brown  University  in  1840,  and  at  the  G-eneral  Theological  Sem- 
inary of  New  York,  where  he  studied  for  the  Episcopal  ministry, 
in  1844.  The  same  year  he  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop 
Henshaw,  of  Rhode  Island,  and  Oct.  10,  1845,  was  ordained  to 
the  priesthood  by  Bishop  Alonzo  Potter,  of  Penn.  He  has  had 
charge  of  several  parishes  in  New  Jersey  and  Maine,  and  from 
1858-1884  was  settled  in  Lockport,  111.  He  was  Chaplain 
of  the  State  Penitentiary  at  Joliet,  111.,  under  Gov.  Bissell,  and 
subsequently  had  charge  of  a  parish  at  Wilmot,  Wisconsin.  At 
present,  he  resides  in  Wrentham,  Mass. 

He  m.  Sept.  16,  1846,  Anne,  dau.  of  Henry  and  Anne  Sweitzer, 
b.  April  26,  1823,  d.  June  16,  1848.  He  m.  second,  Oct.  5, 
1852,  Margaret,  dau.  of  John  and  Margaret  Marshel,  b.  Oct  27, 
1829,  d.  May  24,  1884.  He  m.  third,  Aletha,  dau.  of  Reynold 
and  Sarah  Ann  Arnold,  b.  Feb.  11,  1845. 

He  has  had  six  children  :  (1)  Henry  Sioeitzei',  the  only  child 
by  the  first  wife,  b.  June  16. 1848,  d.  Aug.  19, 1848.  (2)  Eliza- 
beth Howell,  b.  Feb.  19,  1854,  d.  Aug.  5.  1871.  (3)  Walter 
Marshall,  b.  Sept.  28,  1856.  (4)  Herbert,  b.  Oct.  7,  1858,  m. 
Abbv  Harris,  and  resides  in  Joliet,  111.  (5)  Anne  Siceitzer,  b. 
Nov'  24,  1860.     (6)  James  Henry,  b.  March  2,  1863. 

131.  OLIVIA  G.  COWELL  {See  N'o.  129),  dau.  of  Benjamin 
and  E.  B.  (Howell)   Cowell,  b.   Sept.  1,  1828,  was  m.  July  20, 


110  The  Chad  Bkown  Memokial. 

184:7,  to  Charles  Hitchcock,  artist,  eldest  son  of  Judge  Hitch- 
cock, of  New  Haven,  b.  in  18:^3,  d.  Dec.  10,  1858.  She  d. 
Feb.  18,  1865. 

They  had  three  children  :  Charles,  b.  May  12,  1848  ;  Georr/e 
Herbert,  b.  Sept.  29,  1850  ;  Amelia  Swift,  b.  Aug.  7,  1852. 
The  eldest  son,  Charles  Hitchcock,  graduated  at  Brown  Univer- 
sity in  1869  (B.  A.),  and  has  been  for  some  years  a  iDractising 
physioian  in  New  York  city.  He  m.  Nov.  27,  1872,  Fannie 
Lapsey,  and  had  Ethel,  b.  June  27,  1877  ;  Margaret,  b.  April  13, 
d.  April  14,  1879  ;  Charles,  b.  Aug.  25,  1881  ;"Howard  Lapsey, 
b.  Sept.  3,  1883  ;  Olive,  b.  1886.  George  H.  Hilchcoch,  m. 
July,  1881,  Henrietta  Richardson.  He  is  an  artist,  and  resides 
in  Holland.*  AmeUa  S.  Hilcltrock  was  m.  June  24,  1884,  to 
Herbert  Maynard,  of  Dedham,  Mass.,  b.  June  27,  1854. 
Thev  have  a  son,  b.  April  18,  1885,  and  a  second  son,  Howell 
Hitchcock,  b.  Sept.  24,  1887. 

132.  SARAH  H.  LIPPITT  {Martha  B.  Hotvell,^''  J.  B. 
Himell,^'^  JSIary,-^  Jeremiah,'^  ^  Jarnes,'^  John, ^  Chad^),  eldest 
dau.  of  Charles  and  Martha  B.  (Howell)  Lippitt,  b.  April  12, 
1834,  was  m.  Oct.  21,  1857,  to  Asa  Arnold,  a  descendant  in  the 
eighth  generation  of  Roger  Williams,  through  his  paternal 
grandparents,  Benjamin  and  Jemima  (Potter)  Arnold,  who  were 
both  of  Josej)h  Williams,  youngest  son  of  Roger.  She  d.  Oct. 
1,  1873. 

They  had  two  children  :  Isabelle,h.  July  7,  1858,  and  Charles 
Lij)piit,  b.  Jan.  5,  1861,  d.  June  24,  1870.  Isabelle  Arnold  wa^ 
m.  in  Providence,  April  30,  1878,  to  Johann  Christian  Graepel, 
b.  May  10,  1848,  of  Hamburgh,  Germanv.  and  had  Sarah 
Theresa,  b.  May  17,  1879  ;  Johann  Julius,'  b.  Oct.  12,  1882, 
d  Jan.  29,  1883  ;  Christian  Adolph,  b.  April  9,  1885.  Resides 
in  Hamburgh,  Germany. 

133.  MARTHA  LIPPITT  {See  No.  132),  dau.  of  Charles  and 
Martha  B.  (Howell)  Lippitt,  b.  July  16,  1835,  was  m.  Oct.  27, 
1858,  to  Eben  K.  Glezen,  wlio  d.  Sept.  5,  1868.  They  had  one 
son,  Frank  Lippitt,  b.  Mav  13,  1862.  She  d.  in  Providence, 
Dec.  16,  1887. 

134.  MARTHA  H.  WALKER  {Waitu  F.  Howell,^^  J.  B. 
HenoelL'^''  ]\lari/,~^  Jeremiah. '^^  James,*  John, '^  Chad^),  Aaw. 
of  Appleton  and  Waity  F.  (Howell)  Walker,  b.  Dec.  25,  1827, 
was  m.  June  12,  1856,  to  Robert  Sterry  Burrough.  a  merchant 
of  Providence,  b.  Dec.  13,  1814,  d.  Oct.  7,*1877.  He  was  son  of 
Robert  Sterry  and  Esther  Grant  (Armington)  Burrough,  gr.  son 
of  John  and  Sarah  (Pearce)  Burrough,  and  g.  gr.  son  of  William 
and  Sarah  (Power)  Burrough.     Sarah  Power  was  dau.  of  Nich- 

*  See  Scribner's  Magazine,  Aug.  1887,  "  The  Picturesque  Quality  of  Holland."' 


Eighth  Generation".  Ill- 

olas  and  Mercy  Tillinghast  Power,  sister  of  Hope  (Power)  Brown, 
and  half  sister  of  Mary  (Power)  Cooke,  motiier  of  Gov.  Nicholas 
Cooke.  Mrs.  Burrough  resides  in  the  Charles  Field  street  man- 
sion, huilt  in  1810  by  her  maternal  g.  gr.  mothei-.  Wait  (Field) 
Smith. 

They  had  a  dau.,  Martha  Walker,  b.  Dec.  10,  1867. 

135.  EVERETT  P.  WILCOX  (  Sally  B.  Howell,  ^i  J.  B. 
Iloioell,^''  3Iary,^^  Jeremiah,^ '^  James,'^  John,^  Chad^),  son 
of  Rev.  Horace  A.  and  Sally  B.  (Howell)  Wilcox,  b.  June  22, 
1839,  m.  July  31,  1872,  Maria  M.  Owens,  who  d.  without  issue, 
Aug.  16,  1875.     lie  m.  second,  June  23,  1880,  Lucy  E.  Mills. 

They  have  had  two  children  :  iSa,san  E.,  b.  Sept.  29,  1881,  d. 
Aug.  17,  1883,  and  Reina  Elizabeth,  b.  Dec.  14,  1886.  Reside 
in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

136.  JULIET  L.  AVILCOX  {See  No.  J35,)  b.  July  24,  1843, 
was  m.  Dec.  6,  1866,  to  James  P.  Reynolds,  who  d.  Jan.  11, 
1880. 

They  had  five  children  :  (1)  James  W.,  b.  Oct.  18,  1867. 
(2)  Sarah  K.,  b.  Oct.  18,  1869.  (3)  Annie  E.,  b.  Oct.  24,  1872. 
(4)  Camlare  W.,h.  Feb.  7,  1875.  (5)  Ecerett  P.,h.  April  29, 
1877.     Reside  in  Walton,  Eaton  Co.,  m.///i^ 

137.  CHARLES  F.  WILCOX  (See  JVo.  135),  b.  Jan.  8, 
1845,  m.  April  2,  1868,  Lucy  Wilson,  b.  Aug.  2,  1841,  dau.  of 
George  Wade  and  Lucy  (Wilson)  Smith,  gr.  dau.  of  Asaph  and 
Susan  (Wade)  Smith  and  g.  gr.  dau.  of  Oliver  Smith.  Also  g. 
gr.  dau.  of  Oliver  Wade,  James  Wilson  and  William  Ross.  Mr. 
Wilcox  is  an  architect  by  profession,  and  resides  in  Providence. 

They  have  four  children  :  (1)  Sarah  Brown,  b.  March  23, 
1869.  (2)  Alice  Wilson,  b.  June  25,  1871.  (3)  Edith  Eidcl,  b. 
Nov.  3,  1872.     (4)  Howell  George,  b.  Jan.  7,  1877. 

138.  HORACE  A.  WILCOX  {See  No.  135),  b.  Dec.  $^, 
1848,  removed  in  1868  to  Melbourne,  Australia,  where  he  m. 
July  30,  1873,  Louisa  E.  Owen,  who  d.  July  27,  1874.  He  m. 
second,  Aug.  16,  1877,  Emma  Nodin,  who  d.  Oct.  23,  1884.  He 
m.  third,  Aug.  5,  1886,  Alice  Marion  Maplestone,  half-sister  of 
Emma  Nodin.  He  has  three  children  :  (1)  Nellie  Henrietta 
Oioen,  only  child  by  first  wife,  b.  June  29,  1874.  (2)  Charles 
Gilbert,  b.  Feb.  16,  1883.     (3)    Emnia  Nodin,  b.  Oct.  8,  1884. 

139.  FRANK  W.  CHENEY  {Waitstill  D.  Shaw,^^  Mary 
B.  Howell,'^ ^  Mary,^^  Jereniiah,^'^  James,'^  John,^  Chad^), 
son  of  Charles  and  Waitstill  D.  (Shaw)  Cheney,  was  b.  June  5, 
1832.  He  graduated  at  Brown  University  in  1854,  and  soon 
after  entered  into  business  in   Hartford,  Conn.     In  the   Civil 


112  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

War  of  1861,  he  was  Lieut. -Colonel  of  the  16th  Conn.  Vols., 
and  after  being  severely  wounded  at  Antietam,  retired  from  the 
service  in  Dec,  1862.  Subsequently,  he  travelled  extensively  in 
Europe,  China  and  Japan,  studying  the  silk  interests  of  those 
countries,  and  on  his  return  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Cheney  Brothers,  and  its  treasurer.  This  well-known  house  in 
the  silk  manufacture,  was  founded  in  1836  in  South  Manchester, 
Conn.,  by  his  uncles  and  his  father.  As  a  model  manufacturing 
establishment,  it  has  received  the  highest  encomiums  both  in 
this  country  and  abroad.  He  m.  Nov.  3,  1863,  Mary,  dau.  of 
Rev.  Horace  Bushnell,  D.  D.,  and  his  wife,  Mary  (Ap thorp) 
Bushnell,  of  Hartford,  Conn,  and  gr.  dau.  of  Ensign  and  Dotha 
(Bishop)  Bushnell.  They  have  twelve  children  :  (1)  Emily, 
b.  Oct.  15,  1864.  (2)  Charles,  b.  June  7,  1866.  (3)  Horace 
Bushnell,  b.  Mav  19,  1868.  (4)  Joh)i  Davenport  and  (5)  Hoio- 
ell,  twins,  b.  Jan.  1,  1870.  (6)  Seth  Leslie,  b.  Jan.  12,  1874. 
(7)  Ward,  b.  May  26,  1875.  (8)  Austin,  b.  Dec.  13,  1876. 
(9)  Frank  Dexter,  b.  Oct.  16,  1878.  (10)  Marjory  and  (11) 
Dorotht/,  twins,  b.  July  12,  1880.  (12)  Ruth,  b.  Nov.  23, 
1884. 

140.  KNIGHT  D.  CHENEY  {See  No.  139),  b.  Oct.  9, 
1837,  m.  at  Exeter,  N.  H.,  June  4,  1862,  Ednah  Dow  Smith. 
He  is  of  the  firm  of  Cheney  Brothers,  and  resides  at  South  Man- 
chester. 

They  have  eleven  children:  (1)  Ellen  Wait  still,  b.  Oct.  16, 
1863.  (2)  Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  18,  1865.  (3)  Harriet  Boweu, 
b.  Feb.  4,  1867.  (4)  Helen,  b.  March  7,  1868.  (5)  Ktiighf 
Dexter,  b.  June  1,  1870.  (6)  Efhiah  Parker,  b.  Feb.  3,  1873. 
(7)  Theodora,  b.  Sept.  12,  1874.  (8)  Clifford  Dudley,  b.  Jan. 
3,  1877.  (9)  Philip,  b.  May  8,  1878.  (iO)  Thomas  Langdon, 
b.  Nov.  20,  1879.     (11)  Ihissell,  b.  Oct.  16,  1881. 

141.  GAMALIEL  L.  DWIGHT  {G.  L.  Dwight,^^  Sarah 
Htwell,^^  Mar  11,  ^s  Jeremiah ,'^ ^  James,^  John,^,  Chad'^),  son 
of  G.  L.  and  Catharine  H.  (Jones)  Dwight,  b.  Feb.  3,  1841,  m. 
Jan.  16,  1871,  Anne  Ives,  dau.  of  Edward  and  Candace  Craw- 
ford (Dorr)  Carrington.  He  d.  in  Nassau,  Bahama  Islands, 
Jan.  19,  1875. 

They  had  one  child.  Margaretha  Lym.an,  b.  Nov.  8,  1871. 
His  widow  m.  second.  Col.  William  Ames,  and  resides  in  Provi- 
dence. 

142.  CATHARINE  E.  DWIGHT  {See  No.  141),  dau.  of  G. 
L.  and  Catharine  H.  (Jones)  Dwight,  b.  May  19,  1843,  was  m. 
Julv  2,  1864,  to  E.  Arthur  Rockwood,  and  resides  in  Buffalo, 
N.  Y. 


Eighth  Generation.  113 

They  have  had  five  children  :  (1)  Arthur  Jones,  b.  March 
26,  1865.  (3)  William  Patten,  b.  Oct.  13,  1867,  d.  Jan.  1, 
1870.  (3)  Charles  Frederick,  b.  Sept.  23,  1871.  (4)  Edward 
Vermilye,  b.  May  30,  1874.     (5)    Catharine  D wight,  b.  July  3, 

1877. 

143.  JAMES  M.  W.  YERRINTON  {James  B.  Yerrinton,^'' 
Catharine,^^  Jeremialt,^'^  Dep.-Gov.  Elisha,'^^  Jatnes^^  Jolm,^ 
Chad^),  son  of  James  B.  and  Phebe  (Boyd)  Yerrinton,  b  Oct. 
24,  1825,  m.  May  21,  1850,  Susan  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Benjamin 
and  Sophia  (Wyman)  Mayhew.  She  is  a  descendant  in  the 
ninth  generation  of  Thomas  Mayhew,  a  merchant  of  South- 
ampton, England,  b.  1592,  d.  1682,  who,  in  1641,  procured  a 
patent  of  Sir  Ferdinand  Gorges,  agent  of  the  Earl  of  Stirling, 
for  Martha's  Vineyard,  Nantucket,  and  the  Elizabeth  Isles. 
(Benjamin,^  Francis,'^  Ephraim,,^  Benjamin,^  Benjamin,*^ 
John,^  Thomas,"  Thomas'^). 

They  have  had  six  children:  (1)  Eleanor  E.,  b.  March  2, 
1851,  was  m.  Oct.  31,  1881,  to  James  P.  Duncan,  and  has  Elea- 
nor, b.  Nov.  4,  1882.  (2)  Anne  /..  b.  April  26,  1853.  (3) 
James  F.,  b  Oct.  27,  1854,  d.  April  30,  1858.  (4)  Wendell  P., 
b.  Feb.  7,  1857,  m.  Sept.  6,  1883,  Sarah  Marshall,  who  d.  July 
19,  1887,  leaving  a  dau.,  Catharine  Ivanetta,  b.  May  2,  1885. 
(5)  Arthur  Brown,  b.  Oct.  21,  1863,  d.  Sept.  18,  1864.  (6) 
Carrie  Mayheiu,  b.  Oct.  3,  1866. 

144.  CAROLINE  E.  YERRINTON  {See  No.  143),  dau.  of 
James  B.  and  Phebe  (Boyd)  Yerrinton,  b.  April  20,  1831,  was 
m.  March  24,  1850,  to  Daniel  S.  Remington,  of  Providence. 

They  have  had  five  children:  (1)  Samuel  TF.,  b.  1851,  d. 
April  26,  1877.  (2)  James  Winchell,  b.  Sept.  J  5,  1852.  (3) 
Geor(/e  Walter,  b.  April  6,  1855,  d.  Aug.  19,  1886.  He  m. 
Sept.  21,  1876,  Almie  H.  Chapman,  and  had  Annie  Isabel,  b. 
July,  11,  1877  ;  ,Walter  Augusts,  b.  July  29,  1879  ;  Clinton 
Chapman,  b.  Jan.  30,  1881.  '(4)  Carrihel  C,  b.  July  30,  1858, 
was  m.  Jan.  4,  1883,  to  John  A.  Howard,  and  has  Louise  R.,  b. 
Jan.  28,  1884.     (5)   Olivia  S.,  b.  June  29,  1871. 

145.  ANNA  YERRINTON  {See  No.  143),  dau.  of  James  B. 
and  Phebe  (Boyd)  Yerrinton,  b.  1833,  was  m.  Dec,  1854,  to 
David  White,  who  d.  April  21,  1873.     She  d.  Aug.  30,  1873. 

They  had  two  children  :  (1)  Carrie  Delia,  b.  June  6,  1856, 
was  m.  June  1,  1882,  to  Alfred  J.  Sidwell.  (2)  Anna  Bell,  b. 
Dec,  185  7,  d.  Nov.,  1865.     Resided  in  Hadley,  Mass. 

146.  PHEBE  YERRINTON  {See.  No.  143),  dau.  of  James 
B.  and  Phebe  (Boyd)  Yerrinton,  b.  Nov.  23,  1837,  was  m.  July 
9,  1857,  to  Albert  F.  Arnold,  of  Providence.     She  d.  in  Salem, 


Ll-t  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

Mass,  May  1,  1870.  They  had  three  children,  all  born  in  Pro- 
vidence: (1)  Adela  J.,  b.  April  10,  1858,  was  m.  June  10,  1880, 
to  Edward  G.  Pratt,  and  has  Adela  Yerrinton,  born  in  Newport, 
R.  I.,  Dec.  30,  1883.  (2)  Mdnj  Elizabeth,  b.  Aug.  33.  1859, 
was  m  June  20,  1883,  to  Elisha  P.  Reeve.  (3)  A)i.)t((  Francis, 
b.  July  31,  1864,  d. ,  1866. 

147.  FRANK  YERRINTON  {See  No.  143).  son  of  James  B. 
and  Olive  F.  Yerrinton,  b.  June  3,  1839,  m.  Ellen  M.  Waterman, 
in  Fairlee,  Vt.,  who  d.  Nov.  10,  1875.  Their  three  children,  b. 
in  Boston,  were  Nellie,  b.  1868  ;  Frank  M.,  b.  Jan.  14,  d.  Jan. 

30,  1870  ;  Alice  W.,  b.  Aug.  1,  1873,  d.  Dec.  17,  1873. 

148.  JAMES  D.YERRINGTON*(i^  T.  Yerrinfun,''^  <\tth- 
arine.^^    Jeremicih,^^     JDep.-Gnr.    FlisIiaA^    James,*    John,- 

GhacP),  son  of  Barker  T.  and  Maria  (Daggett)  Yerrinton,  b. 
Oct.  13,  1833,  m.  Nov.  34,  1859,  in  Chelsea.  Mass.,  Annie  Cath- 
arine Mayhew,  sister  of  S.  E.  Mayliew.     {See  Xo.  143.) 

They  have  had  three  children  :  (1)  A  dau.  b.  Oct.,  1860. 
lived  but  a  day.  (3)  Mayliew,  b.  Jan.  1,  1863.  (3)  Frederick 
Barker,  b.  Oct.  31,  1871.  He  is  of  the  firm  of  J.  D.  Yerring- 
ton  &  Co.,  dealers  in  precious  stones.  New  York  city,  and  re- 
sides in  Cresskill,  Bergen  Co.,  New  Jersey. 

149.  PRESTON  D.  YERRINOTON  {See  No.  148),  son  of 
Barker  T.  and  Maria  (Daggett)  Yerrinton,  b.  May  13,  1836, 
m.  Sept.  13,  1867,  Mrs.  Mary  P.  (Carpenter)  Hawley,  dau.  of 
Samuel  A.  and  Susan  A.  (Smith)  Carpenter,  of  Angelica,  N.  Y. 
She  d.  July  9,  1871.  They  had  one  child,  Preston,  b.  Sept.  6, 
1868,  in  Alton,  111.  After  the  death  of  his  mother,  he  was 
entrusted  to  the  care  of  relatives  in  Providence,  where  he  now 
i-esides.  Preston  D.  Yerrington  was  for  many  years  a  railroad 
station  agent  in  Indiana  and  Illinois,  and  is  now  (1888)  with 
J.  D.  Yerrington  and  Co.,  of  New  York  city. 

150.  ANNIE  M.  YERRINTON  {See  Xo.  148),  dau.  of 
Barker  T.  and  Maria  (Daggett")  Yerrinton,  b.  Dec.  14,  1837, 
was  m.  Feb.  4,  1869,  to  William'P.  Griffin,  son  of  Thomas  Jef- 
ferson and  Julia  Ann  (Fuller)  Griffin.  They  have  one  child. 
Henry  Irving,  b.  June  18,  187ii.  In  the  autumn  of  1887  they 
removed  from  Pawtucket,  R.  I.,  to  Knoxville,  Tenuesee. 

151.  CHURCHILL  H.  CUTTING  {Elizabeth, ^^  Hugh 
H.,^-^  Jeremiak,^^  Dep.-Gov.  Eli.^ha,^*  James,*  John,-  Chad^), 
only  child  of  Rev.  S.  S.  and  Elizabeth  (Brown)  Cutting,  b. 
Sept.  13,  1843,  m.  May  15,  1864,  Mary  Augusta,  dau.  of  Carlos 
Dutton,  of  Rochester,  N.  Y.  Their  two  children  are  Grace 
Dutton.  b.  Sept.  4,  1866,  and  Elizabeth  Brown,  h.  Nov.  1,  1871. 
A  merchant  in  New  York  city,  and  resides  in  Brooklyn. 

*  The  two  sons  of  Barker  T.  Yerrinton,  when  they  became  of  age,  restored  the  k 
to  the  family  name,  writing  it  Yerrington. 


Ei(iiiTH  Generation.  115 

15-^.  GEORGE  A.  ALLIN  {Manj,^^  Hugh  //.,■''''  Jere- 
viittlt,'^^  Dt'p.-Gov.  Elisha,'^^  James,*^  John,^  Cliad^),  only 
child  of  George  and  Mary  A.  (Brown)  Allin,  b.  June  26,  1842, 
m.  June  25,  1874.  Heloise  M.,  dau.  of  Electus  B.  and  H.  Marie 
(Breed)  Litchfield.  They  have  had  four  children  :  (1)  George 
Lifrli^eld,  b.  Aug.  29,  1875.  (2)  Lawroice  Bhtncliard,  b. 
Nov. "11,  1878.  (3)  Heloise  Maria,  b.  March  1,  1883,  d.  April 
2,  1886.      (4)  Kate  Durgea,  b.  April  10,  1886. 

Mr.  Allin  is  Secretary  of  the  West  Brooklyn  Land  and  Im- 
provement Company.     Office  in  New  York  city. 

153.  MARY  ELLA  BROWN  (,/o.yf/^A.i ««  Hugh  H.,^-^  Jere- 
miah,^^  Dep.-Gov.  IJIisha,^^  Juuies,*  Jolui,"  C'hud^),  dau.  of 
Joseph  and  Rebecca  (Ketchum)  Brown,  b.  April  15,  1847,  wasm. 
June  12,  1866,  to  James  Roosevelt  Hitchcock,  b.  at  Tompkins- 
ville,  Staten  Island,  March  23,  1841,  son  of  Daniel  Roosevelt 
and  Mary  (Howard)  Hitchcock,  and  gr.  son  of  Major  George 
Howard,  IT.  S.  A.  *'  Col.  J.  R.  Hitchcock*  commenced  his 
military  career  in  Jan.,  1861,  when  he  enlisted  in  Company  F, 
Seventy-first  Regiment,  He  served  with  his  company  in  the 
three  months'  campaign  of  that  year  at  Washington  and  Bull 
Run.  Subsequently  he  was  elected,  successively,  Captain,  IMajor, 
Lieutenant-Colonel  and  Colonel  of  the  Ninth  Regiment,  N.  G.  S. 
N.  Y.  During  his  term  of  service  as  Major,  the  great  Orange 
riot  took  place  in  July,  1871,  and  Col.  Hitchcock  distinguished 
himself  by  his  coolness  and  bravery  as  commander  of  the  left 
wing.  When  the  railroad  riot  of  July,  1877.  occurred,  the  first 
regiment  called  on  for  duty  was  the  gallant  Ninth,  which  re- 
sponded in  a  few  hours,  and  without  overcoats  or  blankets,  and 
with  only  ammunition  in  the  way  of  stores.  Col.  Hitchcock  took 
his  men  to  West  Albany.  Good  service  was  performed  there  and 
encomiums  were  showered  upon  the  regiment  and  its  intrepid 
colonel.  The  illness  which  resulted  fatally,  caused  by  undue 
exposure  to  the  heat  of  the  sun,  was  contracted  at  this  time,  and 
he  died  in  New  York  city,  on  the  12th  of  April,  1878,  at  the 
age  of  37.  An  efficient  and  beloved  officer,  his  early  death  was 
greatly  lamented.  He  was  buried  with  military  honors,  and  his 
remains  were  interred  in  the  family  plot  at  Stapleton,  Staten 
Island."  They  had  two  children,  Alice,  b.  June  22,  1867,  and 
Wilbur  Kirhg,  b.  Dec.  31,1871. 

154.  GEORGE  T.  BROWN  (.SVrwwe/  TF.,102  Ebenezer  P.,S8 
Jeremiah,"^^  Dep.-Gov.  EUs]i<(,'^^  James, ^  John,^  Chad'^),  son  of 
Samuel  W.  and  Mary  E.  (Thurber)  Brown,  b.  May  7,  1850,  m. 
Oct.  15,  1874,  Lvdia  James,  dau.  of  James  and  Lydia  (Paine) 
McGary,  of  Masonboro',  N.  C,  b.  Jan.  21,  1850. 

They  have  had  four  children,  all    born  in    Providence.     (1) 

*  Abridged  from  the  papers  of  the  day. 


116  The  Chad  Bkown"  Memorial. 

EUzaheth  Thurher,  b.  Aug.  2,  1875,  d.  March  2,  1888.  (2) 
Samuel  Walter,  b.  July  8,  1877.  (3)  Lydia  James,  b.  Jan.  22, 
1882,  d.  March  5,  1888.     (4)  Eynily  Setinger,  b.  Sept.  6,  1883. 

155.  ARTHUR  L.  BROWN  {See  Wo.  154),  son  of  Samuel 
W.  and  Mary  E.  (Thurber)  Brown,  b.  Nov.  28,  1854,  m.  Feb. 
12,  1885,  Cora  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Hiram  B.  and  Margaret  M. 
(Hatfield)  Aylsworth,  b.  March  14,  1860,  a  descendant  in  the 
tenth  generation  of  Chad  Brown,  and  in  the  eighth  of  Arthur 
and  Mary  (Brown)  Aylsworth  (Hiram  B.,''  Eli,^  Arthur,^ 
James,^  Philip,^  Arthur,^  Arthur-^).     (See  Wo.  7.) 

They  have  two  children  :  Aylsivorfli,  b.  Feb.  14,  1886,  and 
Beatrice,  b.  Aug.  11,  1887.  Arthur  L.  Brown  graduated  at 
Brown  University  in  1876,  and  subsequently  studied  law.  He 
is  of  the  firm  of  Miller  and  Brown,  attorneys.  Providence. 

156.  HENRY  C.  COOKE  {C.  D.  Cooke,' ^^  Amey,^^  Imac,^^ 
Dep.-Gov.  Elisha,'*  James, ^  John,^  Chad'),  son  of  Charles  D. 
and  Mary  A.  (King)  Cooke,  b.  Sept.  6,  1843.  m.  in  New  York 
city  Sej)t.  6,  1864,  Harriet  Ruth,*  only  dau.  of  William  and 
Harriot  (Driver)  VVaters,  b.  in  Andover,  Mass.,  March  18, 1841. 
They  have  had  two  children,  b.  in  New  Y^'ork  :  Henry  Dexter, 
b.  Dec.  27,  1865,  d.  July  1, 1868;  Maud  Aline,  b.  May  23,  1869. 

157.  SOPHIAB.  DUNNELL  (.4;»6'//,io7  Isaac,^''  Isaac^^s 
Dep.-Gov.  EUslia,'^  James, ^  JoJrn,^  Chad'),  dau.  of  Jacob  and 
Amey  D.  (Brown)  Dunnell,  b.  June  14,  1837,  was  m.  April  5, 
1865,  to  John  T.  Denny,  b.  June  7,  1835,  son  of  Thomas  and 
Sarah  (Tappan)  Denny,  of  New  York  city.  They  have  had 
three  children  :  (1)  Amey  Dunnell,  b.  Nov.  12,  1866,  was  m. 
Dec.  2,  1884,  to  (Chalmers  Dale,  a  merchant  of  New  York  city, 
son  of  Gerald  F.  and  Elizabeth  (Sparhawk)  Dale,  of  Phil- 
adelphia. They  have  one  child,  Francis  Colgate,  b.  Dec.  18, 
1885.  (2)  Thomas  Denny,  Jr.,  b.  Sept.  27,  1869.  (3)  Maude 
Dunnell,  b.  July  23,  1872. 

158.  JACOB  DUNNELL  [See  No.  157),  son  of  Jacob  and 
Amey  D.  (Brown)  Dunnell,  b.  Feb.  6.  1839,  m.  Sept.  25,  1861, 
Jeannie  Tucker,  dau.  of  Samuel  Chace  and  Jane  (Bull)  Blodget. 
He  d.  April  9,  1874.  They  had  five  children  :  (1)  Jacob,  b. 
Oct.  2,  1862,  d.  in  infancy.  (2)  Jacob  Wanton,  b.  Nov.  16, 
1864.  (3)  Amey  Dexter,  b.  July  25, 1866.  (4)  Hemry,  b.  June 
23,  1869.     (5)  Jeamiie  Power,  b.  Sept.  25,  1871. 

159.  ALICE  MAUD  MARY  DUNNELL  (See  No.  157),  dau. 
of  Jacob  and  Amey  D.  (Brown)  Dunnell,  b.  Sept.  15,  1846,  was 
m.  Sept.  15,  1873," to  Amasa  M.  Eaton  {See  No.  125). 

*  Mrs.  Cooke  is  the  compiler  of  a  Genealogy,  entitled  "The  Driver  Family.'" 


Eighth  GENEiiATioisr.  117 

160.  GEORGE  H.  BROWNE  {EHsha,^^  Esek,^^  Flisha,^* 
Chad,'^^  OIkkUgIi,^  Jolni,^  f7u((P),  son  of  Elisha  and  Roby 
(Bowdisb)  Brown,  was  b.  in  Chepachet,  R.  I.,  Jan.  6,  1818. 
Maternally,  be  was  in  tbe  fiftb  generation  from  Captain  David 
Bowdisb,  of  Glocester,  R.  I.,  wbo  came  from  Wales,  and 
was  a  master  mariner,  and  later  a  farmer  (Jioh)/,^  Nathaniel,^ 
Nathaniel,'  David'^).  He  was  a  descendant  of  the  Hnntingtons, 
of  Conn.,  tbroiigb  bis  grandmotber,  Betsey  (Huntington)  Bow- 
disb. Tbe  following  sketcb  of  bis  life  is  compiled  from  various 
sources : 

His  fatber,  Elisba  Browne,  died  wben  bis  son  was  eigbt  years 
of  age,  leaving  tbe  bomestead  in  Cbepachet,  and  a  large  landed 
property  in  Nortbern  Vermont.  His  early  education  was  obtained 
in  bis  native  village,  wbere  bis  classical  tastes  soon  became 
apparent.  After  studying  for  a  time  at  Brownington  Academy 
in  Nortbern  Vermont,  be  entered  Brown  University  in  1836,  and 
graduated  in  1840.  He  industriously  worked  bis  way  tbrough 
college,  supporting  bimself  largely  by  bis  own  exertions.  He 
studied  law  in  tbe  office  of  Samuel  Y.  Atwell,  was  admitted  to 
tbe  bar  in  1843,  and  began  to  practice  in  Chepacbet,  where  he 
soon  established  a  successful  law  office.  For  several  years  he 
represented  the  town  of  Glocester  in  the  General  Assembly,  and 
took  a  prominent  position  as  leader  of  the  Democratic  Party. 
In  18G0,  be  was  chosen  from  tbe  western  district  of  Rhode  Island 
to  represent  tbe  State  in  the  thirty-seventh  Congress.  On  the 
18tli  of  Sept.,  1862,  be  was  commissioned  as  Colonel  of  the 
Twelfth  Regiment  of  Rhode  Island  Volunteers  for  nine  months. 
This  regiment  was  destined  to  severe  service.  It  took  part  in 
the  battle  of  Fredericksburg  in  December,  1862,  and  occupied 
one  of  the  most  exposed  positions  on  the  field,  losing  one  hun- 
dred and  nine  in  killed  and  wounded,  with  ninety-five  missing. 
In  February,  1863,  the  Twelfth  moved  to  Newjaort  News,  and 
from  thence  accompanied  General  Burnside  to  the  department 
of  the  Ohio,  encamping  April  1st,  at  Lexington,  Kentucky. 
The  remainder  of  the  campaign  was  spent  chiefly  in  Kentucky. 
In  July  the  regiment  was  ordered  to  Providence,  and  mustered 
out  of  service.  Of  tbe  one  thousand  and  seventy-three  men  on 
the  rolls  at  departure,  seven  hundred  and  seventy-eight  returned 
to  their  homes.*  Col.  Browne  resumed  bis  seat  in  Congress,  and 
served  the  remainder  of  his  term.  Failing  of  re-election,  he 
continued  tbe  practice  of  bis  profession,  and  kept  an  office  in 
both  Chepacbet  and  Providence,  his  associate  in  the  city  being 
Col.  Nicholas  Van  Slyck.  In  1872  and  1873  he  was'^elected 
State  Senator  from  Glocester,  and  in  1874,  by  a  Legislature  com- 
posed mainly  of  bis  political  opponents,  was  chosen  to  tbe  Chief 
Justiceship  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  tbe  State,  a  memorable 
tribute  to  his  integrity,  learning  and  ability.     This  honor  he 

*  See  Memoirs  of  Rhode  Island  OfQeers,  by  John  R.  Bartlett. 


118  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

declined,  preferring  to  continue  in  the  practice  of  the  law.  The 
latter  part  of  his  life  he  discontinued  his  country  office,  and 
made  Providence  his  home. 

George  H.  Browue  died  at  his  residence,  Sept.  26,  1885,  as 
the  bells  were  striking  the  midnight  hour.  He  was  stricken 
with  paralysis  Sept.  19,  and  lingered  but  a  week,  most  of  the  time 
in  an  unconscious  condition.  His  funeral  was  held  in  the  First 
Congregational  Church,  and  his  remains  conveyed  to  Swan 
Point  Cemetery. 

Many  eloquent  and  aj)preciative  tributes  were  paid  to  his 
memory  by  the  members  of  the  Rhode  Island  Bar,  and  the 
Twelfth  Veteran  Association.  In  the  "  minutes"  of  the  latter 
occurs  this  paragra|)h  :  "As  commanding  officer  of  the  regi 
ment  he  was  highly  esteemed  by  his  command,  both  officers  and 
priv^ates,  for  his  stalwart  manliness,  his  unselfish  and  untiring 
devotion  to  the  personal  welfare  of  his  men,  and  his  bravery  and 
heroism  on  the  field  of  battle." 

He  m.  Aug.  Aug.  8,  1844,  Harriet  Newell  Danforth,  of  Wil- 
liamstown.  Mass.,  b.  April  4,  1818,  a  descendant  of  Nicholas 
Danforth,  of  Framlingham,  England,  who  emigrated  in  1634  to 
Cambridge,  Mass.  She  d.  April  30,  1859.  They  had  three 
children:  (1)  Keyes  Danforth,  b.  Dec.  14,  1846,  m.  in  Ogden 
City,  Utah,  July  30,  1876'.  Bertha  Burt,  and  had  Chad  Burt,  b. 
in  Ogden  City,  April  25,  1877,  d.  in  Providence,  Oct.  31,  1882  ; 
Harriet  Danforth,  b.  Jan.  11,  1879  ;  George  H.,  b.  Oct.  2,  1881. 
and  Edward  Keves,  b.  April  27,  1884.  (2)  Chad  Elislia,  b. 
Oct.  21,  1848,  d.'Oct.  6,  1850.  (3)  Martj  Bushnell,  b.  Oct.  27, 
1850,  was  m  Sept.  1,  1870,  to  Jacob  Mans  Schermerhorn,  of 
Homer,  N.  Y.  Reside  in  Syracuse,  N.  Y.  No  issue.  He  m. 
second,  Sept.  1,  1864,  Mrs.  Mary  L.  (Baker)  Lidgerwood,  dan. 
of  the  late  Judge  C.  M.  Baker,  of  Geneva,  Wisconsin.  Their 
only  child,  Edward  Baker,  b.  June  8,  1865,  d.  Dec.  4,  1881. 
He  was  a  bright  and  promising  lad  of  studious  habits,  and  his 
early  death,  just  as  he  was  entering  upon  manhood,  was  a  great 
grief  to  his  parents. 

161.  MARSHALL  D.  SANDERS  {Celinda,''^  Esel-,^^ 
Elisha,^^  Chad,^^  Obadiah,^  John,^  Chad^),  son  of  Anthony 
and  Celinda  (Brown)  Sanders,  b.  July  3,  1823,  m.  Sept.  4.  1851, 
Georgianna,  dau.  of  Rev.  Joseph  and  Ruby  (Hyde)  Knight,  of 
Peru,  Mass.,  b.  June  15,  1825,  d.  Nov.  2,  1868,  at  Batticotta, 
Ceylon.  He  m.  second,  April  6,  1870,  Caroline  Zerviah,  dau.  of 
Dr.  Walter  and  Lucy  Leffingwell  Lord  (Salisbury)  Webb,  of 
Adams,  N.  Y.,  b.  Peb.  18,  1840.  He  d.  Aug.  29,  1871,  at  Bat- 
ticotta, a  suburb  of  Jaffna. 

BlOGRAPAHICAL    SKETCH    OF    ReV.   MARSHALL    D.    SaXDERS. 

"  He  pursued  his  preparatory  studies  at  the  Academy  in  Wil- 
liamstown,  entered  'W^illiams   College  in  1842,  and  graduated  in 


Eighth  Generation.  119 

1846.  After  two  years  spent  in  teaching,  he  entered  Auburn 
Theological  Seminary,  graduating  in  1851.  He  was  ordained  at 
AVilliamstown,  July  IT,  1851,  and  on  the  31st  of  the  next  Octo- 
ber, sailed  with  his  wife  from  Boston  as  a  missionary  of  the 
A.  B.  C.  F.  M.  for  Ceylon,  arriving  at  Madras,  India.  Feb.  21. 
1852.  From  thence  he  proceeded  to  Ceylon,  where  he  was  sta- 
tioned successively  at  Batticotta,  Chavagacherry,  Tilli})ally,  and 
again  at  Batticotta.  In  1859  a  Training  and  Theological  School 
was  opened  at  Batticotta,  which  was  placed  under  his  personal 
charge.  In  the  autumn  of  18G4,  he  was  granted  a  leave  of 
absence  from  the  mission,  and,  with  his  family,  sailed  for  Amer- 
ica, where  he  arrived  July  25,  1865.  After  a  visit  of  two  years, 
he  and  his  wife  returned  to  Ceylon,  leaving  their  five  sons  with 
friends  in  this  country.  Mrs.  Sanders  died  at  Batticotta  of 
pleurisy,  Nov.  2,  1868,  in  the  forty-third  year  of  her  age.  The 
following  year  he  returned  again  to  America,  for  the  purpose  of 
raising  funds  for  founding  a  college  at  Jatfna. 

"While  in  this  country  he  married  the  second  time,  and,  with 
his  wife,  sailed  for  Ceylon  from  New  York,  May  10.  1871,  arriv- 
ing at  their  destination  the  fourth  of  the  next  July.  Eight 
weeks  later,  he  died  suddeidy  of  apoplexv,  Tuesday,  Aug.  29, 
1871."     (Contributed  by  Dr." J.  A.  Sanders.) 

The  Missionary  Activity,  by  Frank  K.  Sanders. 

"  The  work  of  Kev.  M.  D.  Sanders  as  a  missionary  was  typically 
successful.  Generations  of  mission  effort,  and  especially  the 
careers  of  such  men  as  Dr.  Duff,  St.  Francis  Xavier  and  Dr. 
Miller,  have  shown  that  the  core  of  missionary  effectiveness  is 
jiersonal  influence  and  example.  This  intense  personality  be- 
longed to  him  as  well.  He  was  not  remarkable  for  linguistic 
ability,  nor  for  oratorical  power,  though  good  in  both  respects. 
His  power  consisted  in  getting  close  to  men's  hearts  and  impress- 
ing upon  them  a  conviction  of  the  excellence,  the  urgency  and 
the  truth  of  his  divine  message. 

''  Possessing  a  genial  and  sympathetic  nature,  and  expressing 
himself  earnestly  and  clearly,  he  was  well  fitted  to  be  a  real  pas- 
tor to  the  natives  of  Jaffna.  He  was  revered  by  Christian  and 
heathen  alike  to  such  a  degree,  that  his  son,  returning  to  Ceylon 
many  years  after  his  death,  found  his  name  a  ready  passport  to 
the  affection  and  esteem  of  the  hardest  of  heathen,  who  had 
known  the  father. 

"  His  New  England  parentage  and  training  had  fostered  a 
practical  efficiency,  which  made  him  a  natural  leader.  He 
founded,  and  until  his  death  managed,  the  Jaffna  Eeligious 
Tract  Society,  which  to  this  day  is  doing  an  important  work. 
He  organized  the  Mission  and  Normal  Training  School,  and  was 
for  some  years  its  Principal,  being  thus  instrumental  in  prepar- 
ing for  their  work  a  large  number  of  teachers,  catechists  and 


120  The  Chad  Browx  Memorial. 

pastors.  With  all  these  duties  he  found  time  for  wide  evangelis- 
tic work  throughout  his  district,  for  overseeing  and  guiding  the 
catechists  and  colporteurs,  and  for  other  details  of  active  mission- 
ary service. 

"  He  knew  how  to  express  so  clearly  the  needs  and  opportuni- 
ties of  the  interests  committed  to  him,  that  he  rarely  failed  to 
command  the  interest  and  support  of  those  to  whom  he  appealed. 
When,  therefore,  there  was  felt  an  imperative  need  for  a  Chris- 
tian College  at  Jaffna,  both  natives  and  missionaries,  with  one 
accord,  turned  to  him  to  be  its  representative  to  the  friends  of 
missionary  enterprise  in  America,  and  its  first  president.  He 
labored  with  zeal  and  success  in  raising  an  endowment,  but  was 
not  j^ermitted  to  finish  his  commission.  He  was  "called  up 
higher,"  soon  after  his  return  to  Ceylon.  His  life-work  was 
brief  compared  to  that  of  some,  but  of  concentrated  effort  and 
abundant  success,  it  Avas  full." 

CHILDREN  (by  the  first  wife,  all  born  in  Ceylon). 

Joseph  Anthony,  b.  July  7, 1852,  m.  Jan.  31,  1888,  Cascenda. 
dau.  of  Hiram  and  Jennie  (Partch)  Calkins,  of  New  Yoik 
city,  b.  July  4,  1862.  He  graduated  at  Amherst  College  in 
1878.  and  at  the  Medical  Department  of  the  University  of 
the  city  of  New  York  in  1881.  Is  a  practising  physician  in 
New  York  city. 

ii  Chakles  Sylvester,  b.  April  18,  1854,  m.  Dec.  24.  1881,  at 
Aintab,  Turkey,  lUie  Grace,*  dau.  of  Rev.  John  Shepherd 
and  Mary  Field  (Williamson)  Bingham,  b.  at  Higginsville, 
N.  Y.,  Oct.  22,  1859,  d.  at  Aintab,  .Jan.  15.  1888.  They  had 
one  child,  Maud  Mary.  b.  April  4,  1884.  He  graduated  at 
Amherst  College  in  1875,  and  at  Hartford  Theological  Semi- 
nary in  1879.  Has  been  for  some  years  a  missionary  of  the 
American  Board  of  Commissioners  for  Foreign  Missions, 
stationed  at  Aintab,  Asiatic  Turkey. 

iii.  William  Henry,  b.  March  2, 1856,  m.  Sept.  12,  1882,  at  Bail- 
undu,  Southwest  Africa,  Mary  J.  Mawhir.  No  issue.  He 
graduated  at  Williams  College  in  1877,  and  at  Hartford 
Theological  Seminary  in  1880.  Is  a  medical  missionary  of 
the  A.  B.  C.  F.  M.  of  the  West  Central  African  Mission,  sta- 
toned  at  Bihe. 

iv.  Marshall  Danforth,  Jr.,  b.  Sept.  29,  1858,  d.  at  Lakeville, 
Conn.,  Oct.  31,  1877. 

V.  Frank  Knight,  b.  June  5.  1861,  graduated  at  Ripon  College, 
Wisconsin,  in  1882,  and  subsequent!}^  taught,  for  a  time,  in 
the  college  founded  by  his  father  in  Jaffna.  He  is  now 
(1888)  residing  at  New  Haven,  Conn.,  taking  a  special  course 
in  Yale  College,  as  preparation  for  the  profession  of  a 
teacher. 

CHILD  (by  the  second    wife). 

vi.  Walter  Edward,  b  Feb.  19. 1872,  in  New  York  city.  He  is 
now  (1888)  at  Auburndale,  Mass.,  fitting  for  college. 

*  Mrs.  Sanders  died  of  pneumonia,  the  i-esult.  apparently,  of  a  severe  cold  caught  on  a 
chilly  day,  when  she  was  returning  with  her  husband  from  Alepiso,  where  they  had 
thought  of  taking  up  their  permanent  home.  Jlr.  and  Mrs.  Fuller,  of  Aintab,  thus 
■wrote  of  her  :  "  She  was  one  of  the  most  widely  loved  and  useful  of  our  whole  mission; 
was  active  and  earnest  to  the  last,  and  her  loss  will  be  keenly  felt  by  the  native  women. 
It  was  touching  to  see  their  grief  at  the  funeral."  (See  Missionary  Herald,  April,  1888.) 


Eighth  Generation.  121 

162.  MARY  J.  SANDERS  {See  No.  IGl),  dan.  of  Anthony 
and  Celinda  (Brown)  Sanders,  b.  Oct.  21, 1826,  was  m.  Ang.  20, 
1846,  to  Rev.  Edward  Lord,  son  of  Chester  and  Betsey  Lord, 
both  of  Danby,  N.  Y.  He  is  a  graduate  of  Williams  College 
and  of  Auburn  Theological  Seminary,  and  was  Chaplain  in  the 
110th  Regiment,  N.  Y.  Volunteers.  For  fourteen  years  he  was 
pastor  of  a  Presbyterian  church  in  Fulton,  N.  Y.,  and  after- 
wards preached  at  Adams,  N.  Y.  Later,  he  was  settled  at  Metu- 
chin,  N.  J.,  but,  on  account  of  failing  health,  retired  from  the 
ministry,  and  now  resides  at  Patchogue,  L.  I. 

CHILDREN. 

i.  Chester  Sanders,  b.  March  18,  1850,  m.  Oct.  18,  1871,  Kate 
M.,  dau.  of  "Naum  and  Mary  (Segur)  Bates,  of  Adams,  N. 
Y.  Resides  in  Brooklyn,  and  is  connected  with  the  IVew 
York  t>un  as  associate  editor.  They  have  had  four  children. 
(1)  Chester,  b.  Dec.  2,  1876,  d.  in  infancy.  (2)  Edmird  Roy, 
b.  May,  1878.  d.  in  infancy.  (3)  Kenneth,  b.  Dec.  2,  1879. 
(4)  Richard,  b.  June  24,  1881. 

ii.  Anna  Celinda,  b.  Jan.  13,  1854,  was  m.  June  5,  1881,  to  Dr. 
Charles  Phelps  Williams  Merritt,  son  of  James  McKnight 
and  Elizabeth  (Smith)  Merritt.  of  Stelton,  N.  J.  (now  of 
Brooklyn,  IS.  Y.)  Dr.  Merritt  is  a  medical  missionary  of  the 
A.  B.  C.  F.  M.  of  the  North  China  Mission,  stationed  at  Pao- 
ting-fu.  They  have  had  three  children  :  (1)  Edward  Lord, 
b.  May  18,  1883.  (2)  Rjyal  McKnight,  b.  Aug.  28,  1884. 
(3)  Charles  Chester,  b.  Aiig.  4,  1886,  at  Kalgan,  China,  d. 
Sept.  8.  1887. 

iii.  Charles  Edward,  b.  May  21,  1860.  Is  a  reporter  on  the 
New  York  Times. 

iv.    Blanch  Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  21,  d.  Feb.  15,  1865. 


A    PARTIAL    HISTORY    OF    JAMES,   JEREMIAH    AND    DANIEL 
BROWN,    THE    THREE    YOUNGEST    SONS    OP    CHAD 
AND    ELIZABETH    BROWN,   AND   A   POR- 
TION OP  THEIR  DESCENDANTS. 


JAMES  BROWX, 

Second  Son  of  Chad. 

The  information  here  given  of  James  Brown,  second  son  of 
Chad  and  Elizabeth,  and  a  portion  of  his  descendants,  is  de- 
rived from  Anstin's  Genealogical  Dictionary  and  the  Enssell 
Genealogy.  The  time  and  jjlace  of  his  birth  are  not  known.  He 
married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Eobert  Carr,  and  lived  in  New- 
port, E.  I.,  where  he  was  admitted  Freeman  in  1671.  He  was  by 
trade  a  cooper.  Dec.  31,  1GT2,  he  and  his  wife  Elizabeth  sold  the 
home  lot  of  his  father,  Chad  Browne,  deceased,  to  Daniel  Abbott, 
of  Providence,  reserving  a  portion  twenty  feet  square  within  the 
orchard,  where  his  parents  were  buried.  He  died  about  1683, 
as  on  May  5tli  of  that  year  it  is  recorded  that  '^  Elizabeth 
Brown  of  Newport,  widow  and  executrix  of  James  Brown,  sold 
land  in  East  Greenwich,  to  Clement  Weaver,  for  £12."  They 
had  three  sons  :  Jo/ut,^  Jumes^  and  Esek.^ 

Childrex    (Third  Generation). 

i.  JOHN  BROWN,  3  b.  1671,  died  in  Newport,  Oct.  20,  1731. 
He  held  the  title  of  Captain  from  1709,  and  was  frequently 
Deputy  between  1706  and  '26.  May  4,  1709,  he  was  appointed 
on  a  Special  Council  to  assist  the  Governor  in  managing  the 
affairs  of  the  intended  Canadian  expedition.  In  1721  he  served 
on  a  committee  to  rebuild  or  rejjair  Fort  Ann.  It  was  voted  by 
the  Assembly  in  June,  1730,  "to  deliver  to  Captain  John  Brown, 
at  the  fort,  the  great  guns  and  appurtenances  now  on  board  the 
brigantiue  Two  Brothers.''  He  married  Elizabeth,  dan.  of  Gov. 
John  and  Mary  (Clarke)  Cranston.  After  Capt.  Brown's  death, 
his  widow  became  the  second  wife  of  Rev.  James  Honeyman, 
Eector  of  Trinity  Church,  Newport.  John  and  Elizabeth 
Brown  had  seven  children  :  (1)  John,  b.  Dec.  26,  1696.  (2) 
Jeremiah,  b.  Sept.  30,  1693,  d  Oct.  30,  1723.  (3)  James  (4) 
WiUiam.  (5)  Bohert.  (6)  PeJeg.  b.  1709,  d.  Feb  21,  1756 ; 
m.  Feb  20,  1746,  Sarah,  dan.  of  John  and  Sarah  Freebody,  b 
1721,  d.  Sept.  27,  1806.  They  had  Samuel,  b.  1746,  d  March 
22,  1825.  unmarried,  a  wealthy  and  prominent  merchant  of 
Boston,  and  Ehzabeth,  b.  1748.  d.  April  6,  1753.  (7)  Elizabeth, 
third  wife  of  John  Gridley.     He  was  killed  by  an  explosion  of 


Major  James  Brown.  123 

gunjDOwder,  Sej^t.  1744.  (Of  this  family  the  line  only  of  John, 
the  eldest  son,  who  m.  Jane  Lucas,  will  be  continued  ) 

ii.  JAMES  BROWN, 3  of  Newport  and  later  of  Scituate,  R. 

I.,  b. ,  d.  in  1756.     As  he  was  admitted  Freeman,  May  6, 

1701,  his  birth  must  have  been  before  1080.  His  first  wife,  Ann, 
who  may  have  been  daughter  of  James  and  Hojie  (Power)  Clarke, 
was  the  mother  of  his  five  children.  Jle  ni.  second,  April  27, 
1740,  Catharine,  b.  March  19,  1702,  dau.  of  Job  and  Phebe 
(Sayles)  Greene,  and  g.  gr.  dau.  of  Roger  Williams.  No  issue. 
The  Colonial  Records  contain  frequent  mention  of  his  name. 
In  1704,  he  was  appointed  to  assist  in  supervising  the  printing  of 
the  Laws.  With  the  exception  of  one  year,  lie  was  Deputy  from 
1706-1715,  and  Assistant  from  1715-1723.  He  was  Justice  of 
the  Peace  in  1708,  and  Major  for  the  Island  from  1711-1713. 
At  that  time  there  were  two  Majors — one  for  the  Island,  and  one 
for  the  Main.*  It  was  the  highest  military  title  of  the  period. 
After  1711,  the  name  of  James  Brown^  was  always  written  with 
the  prefix,  Major.  With  two  others,  he  was  appointed  June  2, 
1711,  to  buy  a  vessel  for  the  intended  expedition  of  the  Colony 
against  Canada,  and  the  following  year,  he  and  the  Governor 
were  empowered  to  employ  workmen  to  enlarge  the  Colony  House. 

James  and  Ann  Brown  had  four  sons  and  one  daughter  :  (1) 
James,  h.  1700.  (2)  John.  (3)  Clarke.  (4)  Hope,  who  was  m. 
March  20,  1719,  to  Nathaniel  Coddington,  b.  Jan.  18,  1692,  son 
of  Nathaniel  and  gr.  son  of  Gov.  William  Coddington.  They 
had  ten  children.  (5)  Thomas,  m.  April  3,  1746,  Almey,  dau. 
of  John  Greene,*  of  Potowomot.  (T/tonias,^  llioinas,^  of  Stone 
Castle,  John,^  the  Surgeon).  They  had  five  children,  (i) 
Fleet,  b.  July  17,  1747,  m.  April  19,  1767,  Elizabeth  Coope. 
He  m.  second,  April  6,  1780,  Mary,  dau.  of  John  Hopkins, 
(ii)  Judith,  b.  June  3,  1748.  (iii)  Job,  b.  April  29,  1751.  (iv) 
Deborah,  b.  Jan.  11,  1754.     (v)  Thomas,  b.  Oct.  18,  1765. 

In  the  will  of  Major  James,  proved  Nov.  27,  1756,  mention  is 
made  of  land  which  he  owned  in  South  Amboy,  N.  J.,  and  in 
Northfield,  Mass. 

iii.  ESEK  BROWN,  ^  b.  March  8,  1679,  d.  Dec.  10,  1772, 
removed  in  1715  from  Newport  to  Swanzey,  Mass.  He  m.  Nov, 
29,  1705,  Mercy,  dau.  of  Caleb  and  Deborah  Carr,  and  gr.  dau. 
of  Caleb  and  Mercy  Carr.  She  was  b.  Oct.  7,  1683,  and  d.  Dec, 
1776.  They  had  eleven  children,  born  between  1707  and  1723, 
viz  :  Mary,  Etizaheth,  Deborah,  Esek,  Bohif,  Deborah,  Mary, 
James,  Benjamin,  Jeremiah,  Daniel. 

FOURTH  GENERATION. 

(1.)  JOHN  BROWN,*  {John,^  James,^  Chad'),  b.  Dec.  26, 
1696,  d.  Jan.  2,  1764,  m.  Jane,  dau.  of  Augustus  and  Bathslieba 
Lucas,  of  Newport:     She   was  b.  at  St.  Malo,  in  the  north  of 

•Governor  Joseph  Jenckes  was  Major  for  the  Main. 


124  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

France,  Oct.  16,  1697,  and  cl.  at  Newport,  Oct.  13,  1775.  Her 
portrait,  painted  in  miniature  about  1730,  in  the  costume  of  the 
period,  was  copied  for  illustration  m  the  Russell  Genealogy,  and 
forms  one  of  its  most  attractive  pages.  Bathsheba  Lucas,  wife 
of  Augustus,  was  dau.  of  Rev.  Joseph  Elliott,  of  Guilford,  Conn., 
son  of  John,  the  Apostle  to  the  Indians,  who  married  Sarah,  dau. 
of  Gov.  William  Brenton,  of  Newport.  John  and  Jane  (Lucas) 
Brown  had  13  children. 

CHILDREN  (Fifth  Generation). 

i.      Mary.  b.  Oct.  28,  1718.  d.  Feb.  2,  1721. 

ii.  .John,  b.  Aut?.  21,  1721,  d.  Oct.  2,  1763  ;  m.  May  6,  1744, 
Sarah  Emmott,  who  d.  May  12,  1767.  Their  two  children, 
John  and  Jatnex,  died  in  infancy.  He  m.  second,  Sept.  27, 
1747,  Ann  Chapman,  and  hdi(\.  Sarah  and  Abigail,  who  d. 
young,  and  Jaiw,  b.  Oct.  20,  1752,  was  m.  March  5,  1779,  to 
Stephen  Deblois  (second  wife),  and  had  Stephen,  Elizabeth, 
Rebecca,  .John,  Jane, 

iii.  Jane,  b.  Jan.  23,  1724,  d.  April  18,  1765  ;  was  m.  Sept  9, 
1741,  to  Thomas  Vernon.  (See  R.  I.  Hist.  Tracts,  No.  13, 
Diary  of  Thomas  Vernon.) 

iv.  Mary,  b.  April  20,  1726,  was  m.  Sept.  14,  1752,  to  Richard 
Beale  ;  d.  1792,  in  Yorkshire,  England. 

v.  Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  22,  1728,  was  m.  April  27, 1749,  to  Edward 
Cole. 

vi.  Jeremiah,  b.  Nov.  8,  1729,  d.  Aug.  12,  1764  ;  m.  Aug.  22, 
1753,  Mary,  dau.  of  Rev.  James  Honeyman. 

vii,  Abigail,  b.  April  4,  1732,  d.  Sept.  9,  1744. 

viil.  Ann,  b.  Aug.  19,  1733,  d.  July  26,  1786  ;  was  m.  Sept.  27, 
1753,  to  Charles  Handy,  and  had  13  children.  A  daughter, 
A7in  Handy,  b.  March  6, 1763,  d.  Sept.  8,  1807,  was  ra.  Aug. 
29,  1873,  to  Thomas  Russell,  son  of  Thomas,  gr.  son  of 
Joseph,  and  g.  gr.  son  of  John  Russell,  Jr.  Of  their  five 
children,  Ann  and  Mary  d.  young.  The  eldest  son,  Thomas 
H.  Russell,  b.  Dec.  27,  'l791.  d.  at  Matanzas,  Cuba,  July  22, 
1819.  He  m.  June,  1813,  Anna  P.  Bosworth,  of  Bristol, 
'  R.  I.,  and  had  one  son,    William  Henry  Thomas,  b.  Feb.  8, 

1817,  d.  in  Detroit,  Michigan.  Charles  H.  Russell,  the  sec- 
ond son,  b.  in  Newport,  Sept.  13,  1796,  d.  in  New  York 
city,  Jan.  21,  1884.  He.  m.  April  3,  1818,  Ann,  dau.  of 
Capt.  William  and  Ann  (Olney)  Rodman,  b.  in  Providence, 
May  23,  1797,  d.  in  New  York,  Aug.  18,  1842.  They  had 
four  daughters:  Eliza  Rodman,  Anna  Rodman,  Cora  and 
Fanny  Geraldine.  He  m.  second,  Oct.  29,  1850,  Caroline, 
dau.  of  Samuel  S.  Rowland,  b.  Nov.  21,  1821,  d.  in  New 
York,  March  7.  1863.  Of  Iheir  seven  children,  five  attained 
maturity  :  Charles  Howland,  b.  Dec.  14,  1851  ;  Samuel 
Rowland,  b.  May  19,  1853  ;  Caroline  Alice,  b.  Oct.  23,  1854; 
Joanna  Rone,  b.  Aug.  30,  1856;  Mary  Grace,  b.  March  17, 
1860. 

Charles  H.  Russell  was  a  merchant  of  Providence  in  early 
life.  In  1825  he  removed  to  New  York,  where  he  was  in 
active  business  many  years,  and  held  an  honored  position  in 
the  community.  The  house  of  Charles  H.  Russell  &  Co. 
was  known  prominently  at  home  and  abroad.  During  the 
late  Civil  "War,  he  contributed  largely  of  his  time  and  means 
to  the  service  of  the  Government,  was  a  member  of  the  Union 
Defence  Committee  of  New  York,  and  a  prompt  supporter 


Jeremiah,  Third  Son  of  Chad,  125 

of  the  administration  and  measures  of  President  Lincoln. 
He  resided  in  New  York  in  the  winter,  and  at  "Oakhvwn," 
Newport,  in  the  summer. 

William  H.  Russell,  brotherof  Charles  H..  b.  June  16, 1799, 
died  in  Paris,  France,  Dec.  14, 1872.  He  m.  May  6, 1833,  Mary 
Alice  Crapo,  and  had  two  daughters,  the  eldest  of  whom, 
Mary  Caroline,  b.  Feb.  4,  1824,  was  m.  to  Theodosius 
A.  Fowler.  William  H.  Russell  m.  second,  Dec.  8,  1836, 
Anna  Kane.  Their  eldest  child,  Helen  Nicholson,  b.  in 
New  York  Sept.  15,  1837,  was  m.  in  Paris,  March  5,  1868, 
to  Maxime  Outrey.  A  son,  William  H.,  b.  in  New  York, 
Jan.  4,  1841,  educated  at  Columbia  College,  served  as  Cap- 
tain on  the  stalf  of  Major-General  Hooker,  and  died  in 
Paris,  Feb.  26,  1877.  William  H.  Russell,  Sr.,  was  an  asso- 
ciate and  partner  with  his  brother,  Charles  H.,  and  exten- 
sively engaged  in  the  business  of  foreign  importations  in 
New  York. 

ix.    Robert,   b.    April  9,  1735,  d.   Aug.  1794;  m.  Jan.  6,  1763, 
Elizabeth  Cooke. 

X.     Augustus,  b.  July  2,  1736,  d.  in  the  West  Indies,  Feb.  1780. 

xi.    James,  b.  Dec.  1,  1737,  d.  in  Holland,  Dec,  1758. 

xii.  Francis,  b.  Oct.  28,  1739,  d.  in  Maryland,  July  13,  1799. 

xiii.  Hart,  b.  Aug.  22, 1741,  was  m.  July  7,  1765,  to  Isaac  Cannon 

JEREMIAH   BROWN, 

Third  Son  of  Chad. 

The  iuformation  concerning  Jeremiah  Brown,  third  son  of 
Chad  and  Elizabeth,  is  meagre,  and  is  derived  wholly  from 
Austin's  Genealogical  Dictionary  of  Rhode  Island.  He  removed 
to  JSTewport,  R.  I.,  where  he  died  m  1690,  between  Sept.  16  and 
Oct.  30th.  Nothing  is  known  of  his  first  wife  but  her  name — 
Mary.  He  m.  2d,  about  1680,  Mary  Cook,  widow  of  Thomas, 
who  survived  him.  It  is  certain  that  he  had  one  son,  James,  by 
trade  a  cooper,  who  in  1693,  sold  to  William  Gibson,  of  Kings 
Town,  for  £12,  certain  land  in  Providence  given  by  last  will  of 
his  father,  Jeremiah.  Possibly,  Samuel,  Daniel  and  William 
Brown,  of  Kings  Town,  were  his  sons,  but  of  this  there  is  no 
proof.  He  was  living  in  Kings  T''own  in  1687,  as  he  was  taxed 
there  on  Sept.  6,  2s.  2d.  He  probably  returned  to  Newport. 
He  was  Freeman  in  1671,  served  on  the  Grand  Jury  in  1686, 
and  in  1690,  Sept.  16,  with  two  others,  was  api^ointed  by  the 
Assembly  to  proportion  the  rate  of  tax  for  Kings  Town's  part  of 
money  for  French  and  Indian  War. 

DANIEL    BROWN, 

Fifth  Son  of  Chad. 

More  is  known  of  Daniel  Brown,  youngest  son  of  Chad  and 
Elizabeth,  than  of  his  two  older  brothers,  James  and  Jeremiah. 
The  greater  part  of  this  information  is  derived  from  Austin's 
Genealogical  Dictionary  of  Rhode  Island.  He  lived  in  Provi- 
dence, and  died,  while  temporarily  at  Newport,  Sept.  29,  1710. 
He  m.  Dec.   25,  1669,  Alice,  dau.   of  Benjamin  and  Elizabeth 


126  The  Chad  Bkown  Memokial. 

(White)  Hearnden,  b.  1652,  d.  after  1718.  They  had  eight 
children  :  Judah,  Jabez,  Saralt,  Jeremiah,  IlaUelNJali,  Ilosdii- 
na,  Jonathan  and  Daniel.  He  was  a  farmer,  living  "in  the 
neck,"  on  fifty  acres  of  land,  which,  on  Dec.  10,  1T06,  he 
deeded  conditionally  to  his  two  eldest  sons,  Judah  and  Jabez.  To 
his  son  Daniel,  he  deeded  "  for  love,  etc.,  Feb.  18,  1710,  a  forty 
foot  lot,  a  little  north  of  Great  Bridge,  from  the  town  over  to 
Weybosset."  His  will,  proved  Nov.  10,  1710,  gave  administra- 
tion to  the  widow,  Alice.  The  inventory  of  his  personal  estate 
amounted  to  about  £78. 

His  posterity  is  undoubtedly  numerous,  as  seven  of  his  chil- 
dren married,  and  his  grandchildren  numbered  thirty-two.  The 
information  available  is  too  fragmentary  to  admit  of  a  con- 
nected account  of  his  descendants,  but  it  has  been  drawn  from 
many  sources,  and,  being  deemed  reliable,  is  here  given,  not- 
withstanding its  incompleteness. 

Children  (Third  Generation). 

i.  JUDAH    BROWN 3   {Daniel,^    Chad^),   d.   Jan.  IS,  1734. 

He  lived  in  Providence  and  Hcituate,  R.  I.,  and  m.  Hannah , 

who  d.  after  1745.  They  had  six  children  :  Josei^h,  Deborah, 
Abigail,  David,  Hannah,  Elisha  and  Phebe. 

ii.  JABEZ    BR0WN3    {Daniel,^    Chad^),   d.   Sept.   9,  1724. 

He  was  of  Providence,  and  m.   Anne ,  who  died   Feb.  25, 

1727.     They  had  two  sons,   William  and  Jeremiah. 

iii.  SARAH  BROWN^  {Daniel,^  Chad'),\i.  Oct.  10,  1677, 
d.  after  1744,  was  m.  April  4,  1700,  to  Thomas  Angell,^  son  of 
John 2  and  Ruth  (Field)  Angell,  and  grandson  of  Thomas  and 
Alice  Angell.  She  was  b.  March  25,  1672,  and  d.  Sept.  14, 
1744.  They  had  seven  children:  Martlia,  Isaiah,  Jeremiah,  Jon- 
athan, )Sarah,  Nehemiah,  and  Thomas,  whose  history  may  be 
partly  traced  in  the  Angell  Genealogy.  Mention  will  here  be 
made  of  two  only,  Martha^  and  Jeremiah.*^  Martha  Angell,^ 
b.  March  23,  1704,  m.  Jonathan  Knight,  of  Cranston,  and  had 
a  dau.,  Elizabeth, 5  who  became  the  wife  of  Col  Joseph  Knight. 
Their  son,  George  Knight,^  of  Scituate,  b.  Sept  13,  1771,  m. 
Mercy  Stone,  dau.  of  Hugh,  and  had  a  son.  Rev.  Daniel  Rich- 
mond Knight,''  b.  Aug.  15,  1805,  d.  in  Exeter,  April  27,  1877. 
He  m.  Susan  Colvin,  and  had  a  dau.,  Jane  Frances  Knight,^  b. 
in  Scituate,  Dec.  31,  1838,  who  was  m.  May  1.  1860,  to  Charles 
W.  Hopkins,  son  of  Pardon  and  Lydian  (Lillibridge)  Hopkins, 
b.  Aug.  8,  1839,  author  of  the  "  Home  Lots  of  the  Early 
Settlers  of  the  Providence  Plantations."  They  have  a  dau., 
Anne  Miller  Hopkins,^  b  Jan.  2,  1865. 

Jereiniali  Angell,*^  m.  Mary  Matthewson,  and  had  a  son  An- 
drew, who  m.  Tabitha  Harris.  Their  son  Charles*'  m.  Olive 
Aldrich.  The  latter  were  the  parents  of  Andrew^ngell,''  who 
married  Amey  Aldrich,  and  had  a  son,  James  Burrill  Angell,^ 


Daniel,  Fifth  Son  ok  Chad.  127 

born  in  Scituate,  R.  I.,  Jan.  7,  1829,  married  Nov.  26,  1855, 
Sarah  Svvoope,  dan.  of  Alexis  Caswell,  D.  D.,  LL  D.,  President 
of  Brown  University,  and  his  wife,  Esther  Lois  Thompson. 
They  have  three  children  :  Ale.ris  Caswell,^  b.  April  26,  1857  ; 
Lois  TAompso//^^  b.  Feb.  15,  1863,  and  James  Rowland,^  b. 
May  8,  1869.  The  eldest,  Alexis  Caswell  A/tgell,^  m.  June  5, 
1880,  Frances  Cary,  dan.  of  Hon.  Thomas  M.  Cooley,  and  has 
Sarah  Caswell,  b.  Feb.  2,  1883,  and  Thomas  Cooley,  b.  Feb.  21, 
1885.  James  B.  Angell  graduated  at  Brown  University  in  1849, 
with  the  honors  of  his  class.  Two  years  later,  he  went  to  Europe 
for  study  and  travel,  and  on  his  return  in  1853,  was  appointed 
Professor  of  Modern  Languages  and  Literature  in  the  Univer- 
sity from  which  he  graduated.  In  1860  he  succeeded  the  recent- 
ly elected  Senator,  Henry  B.  Anthony,  as  editor  of  the  Provi- 
dence Daily  Journal,  and  remained  in  that  position  until  1866, 
when  he  was  called  to  the  Presidency  of  the  University  of  Ver- 
mont. In  1867  the  degree  of  LL.  D.  was  conferred  upon  him  by 
his  Alma  Mater.  He  has  been  President  of  the  University  of 
Michigan  since  1871.  In  the  Spring  of  1880  he  was  appointed 
Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister  Plenipotentiary  to  China, 
and  was  also  Chairman  of  a  Commission  to  negotiate  treaties  with 
that  nation.  Two  treaties  were  procured,  one  relating  to  com- 
merce, and  another  to  Chinese  immigration.  He  resigned  his 
place  as  Minister  at  Peking  in  Oct.,  1881.  In  Oct.,  1887, he 
was  appointed  by  President  Cleveland  member  of  a  Commission 
to  meet  Commissioners  from  Great  Britain,  to  consider  questions 
connected  with  the  United  States'  right  of  fishing  in  the  waters 
adjacent  to  Canada  and  Newfoundland.  The  Commission  signed 
a  treaty  Feb.  15,  1888,  which  is  now  before  the  Senate. 

In  addition  to  his  labors  as  College  President  and  Diplomat, 
Dr.  Angell  is  a  well-known  contributor  to  periodical  literature. 

iv.  JEREMIAH  BROWN^  {Daniel,^  ChaxP),  a  brickmaker 
and  innkeeper,  m.  Dec.  8,  1715.  Sarah  Tucker.  He  was  living 
in  Smithfield,  R.  I.,  in  1736,  where,  on  Dec.  8,  he  and  his  wife, 
Sarah,  sold  to  David  Hearnden  121^  acres  for  a  consideration  of 
£900. 

V.  HALLELUJAH  BROWN^  [Daniel,^  Chad^),  d.  1771, 
was  m.  Aug.  31,  1702,  to  James  Olney,^  b.  Nov.  9,  1670,  d.  Oct. 
6.  1744,  son  of  Epenetus^  and  Mary^  (Whipple)  Olney,  gr.  son 
of  Thomas  Olney ^  and  also  gr.  son  of  John  Whipple^.  They 
had  eight  children  :  James,  Mary,  Joseph,  James,  Jonathan, 
Jeremiah,  Lydia,  Mercy.  Of  these,  the  line  only  of  Mary,  the 
second  child,  will  be  continued.  She  was  b.  Sept.  30,  1704,  d. 
March  18,  1750  ;  was  m.  June  2,  1723,  to  Hon.  Arthur  Fenner^ 
{Ma^or  Thomas,^  Ca}^.  Arthur^)  b.  Oct.  17,  1699,  d.  Feb.  2, 
1788.     This  is  her  record.*     "She  was  one  of  the  smart  and 

*  See  Genealogy  of  the  Feuner  Family,  No.  2,  by  Rev.  J.  P.  Root,  of  Providence. 


128  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

active  women  of  her  time ;  was  a  merchant,  and  owned  more 
navigation  than  any  other  woman  in  town  ;  acquired  the  estate, 
kept  a  store  and  shop,  and  maintained  the  family  in  ai^iuence. 
Her  husband  for  many  years  was  sickly,  and  unable  to  do  busi- 
ness." They  had  twelve  children,  born  between  1723  and  1748, 
of  whom  six  lived  to  maturity,  and  married,  leaving  families. 
James,  the  fourth  child,  b.  Feb.  9,  1730,  m.  Freelove  Whipple. 
Mary,  the  seventh  child,  b.  May  15,  1737,  m.  E.  Rumreil.  John, 
the  eighth  child,  b.  Oct.  2,  1739,  m.  Phebe  Brown^  {Obadiah,'^ 
James,^  John,^  Chad^).  (See  Xo.  12).  Freelove,  the 
tenth  child,  b.  July  13,  1743,  m.  Simon  Smith,  a  descendant, 
probably,  of  Christopher  Smith,  and  was  the  mother  of 
Sophia  Smith,  who  m.  Ebenezer  Frothingham,  of  Boston.  Their 
dau.  Sophia  Frothingham,  b.  Sept.  21,  1813,  m.  Nathaniel  W. 
Brown, i " «  (Tsaac,^^ Isaac, ^  ^  Bep.-  Gov.  Elisha,^  ^  James^^John,^ 
Chad^).     (See  No.  106). 

Arthur,  the  eleventh  child,  b.  Dec.  10,  1745,  m.  Amey  Com- 
stock.  He  was  the  popular  Gov.  Arthur  Fenner,  of  Rhode 
Island,  who  was  elected  in  1790  and  served  until  his  death,  Oct. 
15,  1805.  His  son,  James  Fenner,  b.  in  Providence,  Jan.  22, 
1771,  a  graduate  of  Brown  University  in  1789,  was  elected  Gov- 
ernor in  1807,  and  held  the  office  four  years.  He  was  re-elected 
Governor  in  1824,  serving  until  1831,  and  again,  from  1842  to 
1844 -a  conclusive  evidence  of  the  estimation  in  which  he  was 
held  by  the  people  of  the  State.  In  his  earlier  years,  Gov. 
James  Fenner  was  frequently  in  the  General  Assembly,  and  was 
United  States  Senator  from  Dec,  1805,  until  the  Spring  of  1807. 
He  d.  in  Providence,  April  17,  184(J,  and  was  buried  with  the 
highest  civic  and  military  honors. 

Lydia,  the  twelfth  child,  b.  March  1,  1748,  was  m.  to  Hon. 
Theodore  Foster,  Town  Clerk  of  Providence,  and  United  States 
Senator  from  1790  to  1803. 


vi.  HOSANNA  BROWN^  {Daniel,^  Chad'),  m.  Mary,^  dau. 
of  John  and  Sarah  Hawkins,  and  gr.  dau.  of  William  and  Mar- 
garet Hawkins.     They  had  two  children,  Jfary,*  who  m.  David 

Burlingame,  and  OthnleJ,^  who  m.  ,  and  was  the  father  of 

Colonel  Chad  Brown,  ^  of  Glocester,  R.  I.  Hosanna  Brown  was 
Freeman  in  1708,  and  early  removed  to  Glocester,  where  he  set- 
tled on  land  on  the  east  side  of  the  Chepachet  river.  His 
cousins,  Andrew  and  Chad  Brown,  purchased  land  in  the  same 
vicinity  some  years  later,  and  also  became  residents  of  Glocester. 

Colonel  Chad  Brown ^  was  deputy  of  Glocester  in  1776,  and 
in  1777  was  chosen  Field  Officer  (Col.)  for  the  State,  from  the 
county  of  Providence.  In  1780,  he.  was  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee to  raise  soldiers  from  Glocester,  to  co-operate  with  the 
French  in  repelling  the  British  from  Rhode  Island.  Col.  Chad 
m.  June  19,  1749,  Zerviah  Evans.     They  died  within  two  days 


Col.  Chad  Brown.  129 

of  each   other,  and  were  buried  near  Harmony  Village,    R.    I. 
A  double  head-stone  bears  this  inscription  : 


Col.  Chad  Brown, 

died  Sept.  19,  1814, 

in  his  85th 

year. 


Mrs.  Zerviah  Brown, 

wife  of  Col.  Chad  Brown, 

died  Sept.  17,  1814, 

in  her  90th  year. 


They  had  six  children,  all  b.  in  Glocester :  (1)  Ezekiel'^ 
(Ensign),  b.  Oct.  11,  1749,  m.  Ruth,  b.  May  18,  1751,  dau.  of 
John  and  Mary  (Smith)  Winsor,  (John,^  Joshua,^  Sanmel 
Winsor'^).  Mary  Smith  was  in  the  fifth  generation  from  John 
Smith,  Miller  {Solomon, *"  Benjamin,^  John,^  John'^).  EzeMel 
and  his  father,  Col.  Chad,  voted  in  1788  against  the  adoption  of 
the  Federal  Constitution.  He  received  from  his  father,  April 
5,  1780,  a  deed  of  fifty  acres  of  land  in  Glocester,  which  he  and 
his  wife  Ruth  sold,  Nov.  7,  1783.  to  Simon  Smith.  In  the 
census  of  Rhode  Island  in  1774,  he  had  a  family  of  three  persons, 
one  a  female  under  sixteen  years  of  age.  He  removed  to  Dudley, 
Mass.,  where  he  bought  land  and  settled  near  his  brother-in-law, 
John  Eddy,  who  m.  Deborah  Winsor.  Ezekiel  and  Ruth  Brown 
had  two  sons,  John,''  and  Chad.''  John''  m.  and  had  three  sons, 
John,^  Chad,'^  and  Ezekiel,^  who  came  to  New  York,  where  they 
established  themselves  in  the  wholesale  grocery  business  in 
Broad  street.     John''  had  also  a  dau.,  Ruth,^  who  m.   Frederick 

Goodell,  and  another  dau.,  Sarah, ^  who  m.  Baker,  and  had 

Zephaniah'  and  Jacob,  ^  both  preachers  in  the  Universalist 
Church.  Zephaniah  Baker ^  was  afterwards  Librarian  of  the 
Public  Library  in  Worcester,  Mass.  (3)  Esek,^  b.  Nov.  1,  1754. 
It  is  known  that  he  had  a  son,  Ezekiel,''  who  had  a  son, 
Benjamin.**  This  familv  removed  to  Ohio.  (3)  Thankful,^  h. 
Jan.'  13,  1757.  (4)  Othniel^  b.  April  30,  1759.  (5)  David, ^ 
b.  Sept.  4,  1761.  (6)  Zerviah,^  b.  Feb.  33,  1765.  But  two 
daughters  are  enumerated  in  the  above  record.  Miss  M.  T. 
Bruner,  who,  on  June  5,  1878,  wrote  to  the  Town  Clerk  of 
Glocester,  R.  I.,  from  Oakland,  Alameda  Co.,  California,  for 
information  concerning  Col.  Chad  Brown,  mentioned  that  they 
had  four  sons  and  three  daughters. 

vii.  JONATHAN^  (i>anie/,2  C/iadA).  Nothing  has  been  re- 
corded of  this  son  of  Daniel,  except  that  in  1713,  May  31,  he 
sold  Nicholas  Sheldon  75  acres  of  land.  Three  years  later  the 
deed  was  confirmed  by  his  brothers,  Judah  and  Daniel. 

viii.  DANIEL' (/)r/y//e/, 2  Chad^),  m.  Mary,  dau.  of  Jona- 
than and  Mehitable  (Holbrook)  Sprague.  He  was  a  cooper  and 
lived  in  Providence.  They  had  six  children  b.  between  1715 
and  1735,    viz  :  Susanna,  Daniel,  Pltineas,  Pe)ielope,  John  and 

Phehe.     Of  these,  Phineas  m.   Phebe ,  and  had  at  least  two 

children,  Marcy  and  Dexter,  both  of  whom  died  young. 


APPENDIX. 


GENEALOGY 


A    PORTION    OF 


THE   BROWN   FAMILY; 


PRINCIPALLY     FIIOM     THE     MOSES     BROWN     PAPERS     AND 
FROM     OTHER     AUTHENTIC     SOURCES. 


PROVIDENCE 
PRESS    OF    H.   H.   BROWN. 

1851. 


134  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 


NOTE. 

[The  following  is  a  reprint  of  the  Brown  Genealogy  of  1851,  upon  which 
The  Chad  Browne  iVIeniorial  is  based,  and  to  which  reference  has  been  made 
in  the  Preface.  It  furnishes  an  interesting  example  of  the  earlier  genea- 
logical work,  and,  though  familiar  to  some  of  the  older  meml)ers  of  the 
family,  is  unknown  outside  of  a  very  limited  circle.  A  few  trifling  errors 
have  been  corrected,  and  inscriptions  from  the  North  Burial  Ground, 
which  have  been  reproduced  in  preceding  pages,  are  here  omitted  With 
these  exceptions,  the  pamphlet  is  printed  as  originally  written.  The  re- 
searches of  the  last  few  years  have  brought  to  light  many  forgotten  facts, 
and  supplied  information  which  was  inaccessilile  to  the  preceding  gener- 
ation. This  will  account  for  apparent  discrepancies  between  the  Brown 
Genealogy  and  The  Chad  Browne  Memorial.] 


GENEALOGY. 


Note.— All  dates  here  mentioned  previous  to  1752,  are  in  Old  Style,  to  which  11  days 
should  be  added,  in  order  to  agree  with  the  New  Style.  The  following  abbreviations  are 
made  :  b.  for  bora  ;  m.  married  ;  d.  died  ;  unm.  unmarried  ;  aet.  aged  ;  dau.  daughter. 


The  name  of  Brown,  so  numerous  everywhere,  was  duly  represented 
among  the  first  settlers  of  Providence.  Out  of  one  hundred  and  one  origi- 
nal proprietors,  there  were  four  of  the  name,  Chad,  John,  Daniel  and 
Henry  Brown  Of  these,  we  have  of  John  and  Daniel  no  account  ;  they 
may,  perhaps,  have  been  related  to  Chad,  their  names  being  the  same  as 
those  of  two  of  his  sons,  but  it  is  certain  that  Henry  Brown  was  of  a  dif- 
ferent family.  He  was  the  ancestor  of  the  Browns  who  formerly  lived  on 
Providence  Neck,  so  called,  including  Richard  Brown,  wdio  died  in  1812, 
aged  100  years  and  12  days,  and  others.  The  spelling  of  the  name,  it  may 
be  remarked,  has,  like  many  others,  been  varied.  At  the  first  settlement  of 
the  country  and  for  some  years  after,  it  w^as  in  most  cases  spelt  with  a  final 
E  (Browne)  ;  but  that  has  since  been  dropped  by  nearly  all  who  bear  the 
name,  including  those  embraced  in  this  account.  The  following  is  a 
brief  sketch  of  Chad  Brown,  and  of  a  small  portion  of  his  numerous  de- 
scendants. 

Chad  Brown  came  from  Salem  to  Providence  in  1637,  (the  year  after 
Roger  Williams,)  with  his  wife  Elizabeth  and  his  son  John,  and  was  an 
Elder  of  the  Baptist  church  in  Providence  ;  whether  the  first  pastor  of  the 
church,  as  Moses  Brown  says,  or  the  first  after  Roger  Williams,  has  been  a 
disputed  point.  He  held  various  appointments  in  the  community,  and  was 
a  man  of  excellent  character,  as  described  by  Hague,  in  his  Hist.  Discourse 
First  Baptist  church,  as  follows:  "Contemporary  with  Roger  Williams, 
he  possessed  a  cooler  temperament,  and  was  happily  adapted  to  sustain  the 
interests  of  religion  just  where  that  great  man  failed.  Not  being  affected 
by  the  arguments  of  the  Seekers,  he  maintained  his  standing  firmly  in  a 
church  which  he  believed  to  be  founded  on  the  rock  of  eternal  truth,  even 
"  the  word  of  God,  which  alndeth  forever."  We  know  only  enough  of  his 
character  to  excite  the  wish  to  know  more,  but  from  that  little  it  is  clear 
that  he  was  highly  esteemed  as  a  man  of  sovmd  judgment,  and  of  a 
Christian  spirit.  Often  referred  to  as  the  arbitrator  of  existing  differences, 
in  a  state  of  society  where  individual  influence  was  needed  as  a  substitute 


Appendix.  135 

for  well  digested  laws,  he  won  that  commendation  which  the  Saviour  pro- 
nounced when  he  said,  "blessed  are  the  peace -makers,  for  they  shall  be 
called  the  children  of  God." 

In  1640  we  tind  that  Robert  Cole,  Chad  Brown,  William  Harris  and  John 
Warner  were  the  committee  of  Providence  Colony  who  reported  to  them 
their  first  written  form  of  government,  which  was  adopted  and  continued 
in  force  until  the  arrival  of  the  first  charter,  and  to  this  report  or  agreement, 
which  is  given  in  Staples'  Annals  of  Providence,  Chad  Brown's  name  is  the 
first  signed,  followed  by  about  forty  others  ;  and  in  1643  he  and  three 
others  were  a  committee  of  the  Providence  people  who  wrote  a  letter  to  the 
Governor  of  xMassachusetts,  endeavoring,  though  ineffectually  at  that  time, 
to  settle  the  controversy  that  existed  between  that  colony  and  the  Warwick 
settlers.  He  died  about  A.  D.  1665,  and  was  buried  at  first  where  the 
Town  House  now  stands,  which  was  on  his  home  lot,  but  his  remains  were 
afterwards  removed  to  the  North  burial  ground,  where  a  stone  marks  his 
grave. 

He  left  five  sons,  viz  : 

John, 

James,        )   R^j^^^^g^^  ^^  Rhode  Island. 

Jeremiah,  ) 

Judah,  do  do  d.  May  10,  1663. 

Daniel  m.  Alice  Herenden,  Dec.  35,  1669. 

John  Brown,  the  oldest  of  these,  accompanied  his  father  when  he  came 
to  Providence,  having  been  at  that  time,  as  Moses  Brown  .says,  about  eight 
years  of  age.  He  was  chosen  a  member  of  the  Town  Council  in  1665,  and 
is  stated  by  Backus,  in  his  Church  History,  to  have  been  afterwards  an 
Elder  in  the  Baptist  church.  He  resided  at  the  North  end  of  Providence, 
northward  of  the  house  of  Elisha  Brown,  whom  we  shall  hereafter  mention, 
and  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Rev.  Obadiah  Holmes,  second  pastor  of  the 
First  Baptist  church,  Newport.     Their  children  were, 

John  m.  Isabel  Mathewson,  June  9,  1696. 

Children — Mary,  Lydia,  Isabel,  Nathan,  Obadiah. 
James,  b.  1666,  d.  Oct.  28,  1732. 
Obadiah, 
Martha, 
Deborah. 

Of  these,  the  second, 

jAjrES  Brown,  lived  at  the  North  end,  where  his  father  lived,  was  a 
pastor  of  the  Baptist  church,  and  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Andrew,  and 
grand-daughter  of  William  Harris,  one  of  the  first  six  who  came  to  Provi- 
dence in  1636.  Some  account  of  his  life  and  character,  as  well  as  of  his 
grand-father  Chad,  may  be  gathered  from  Hague's  Hist.  Discourse,  Bene- 
dict's History  of  the  Baptists,  Annals  of  Providence,  &c.  He  died  Oct.  28, 
1732,  after  a  pious  life  of  about  66  years,  and  his  wife  Mary  deceased 
August  18,  1736,  also  in  the  66th  year  of  her  age. 
Their  children  were — 

1.  John,  b.  Oct.  8,  1695  ;  d.  unmarried,  set.  about  21. 

2.  James,  b.  March  22,  1698. 

3.  Joseph,  b.  May  5,  1701  ;  m.  Martha  Field  ;  lived  in  N.  Providence  ;  d. 
May  8,  1778. 

4.  Martha,  b.  Oct.  12,  1703  ;  m.  Elisha  Greene  ;  d.  July  27,  1725,  leaving 
a  son,  James. 

6.  Andrew,  b.  Sept.  20,  1706. 

6.  Mary,  b.  April  29,  1708  :  d.  Feb.  20,  1729. 

7.  Anna,  b.  171- 


136  The  Chad  Bkown  Memorial. 

8.  Obadiah,  b.  Oct.  2,  1712. 

9.  Jeremiah,  b   Nov.  25,  1715. 
10.  Elisha,  b.  May  25,  1717. 

We  sliall  continue  the  account  of  a  portion  of  the  above,  those  whose 
descendants  we  have  ascertained  for  a  short  period,  or  to  the  present  time, 
denoting  each  by  number  and  name  corresponding  to  the  above  list. 

2.  jAifES,  b.  March  22,  1698,  owned  and  occupied  the  house  which  form- 
erly stood  where  Malletts's  building  in  South  Main  street  (Nos.  10  to  16)  now 
is,  and  was  moved  to  Tockw^otten  when  that  building  was  erected.  He  m. 
Hope,  dau.  of  Nicholas  and  Mercy  Power,  and  grand-dau.  of  Elder  Pardon 
Tillinghast,  a  pastor  of  the  First  Baptist  church,  and  d.  April  27,  1739. 
She  d.  June  8,  1792,  set.  90.     Their  children  were— 

James,  b.  Feb.  12,  1724  ;  d.  unm.  at  York,  Ya.  in  1750. 

Nicholas,  b.  July  28,  1729. 

Mary,  b.  1731  ;  married  Dr.  Vanderlight ;  d.  May,  1795. 

Joseph,  b.  Dec.  3,  1733. 

John,  b.  Jan.  27,  1736. 

Moses,  b.  Sept.  12,  1738 

Comprising,  as  will  be  perceived,  the  celelirated  Nicholas,  Joseph,  John 
and  Moses  Brown,  familiarly  designated  as  "  the  four  brothers,"  in  their 
day.  "  For  the  times  in  which  they  lived,  they  were  all  uncommon  men, 
remarkalile  for  broad  views,  and  for  the  active  and  efficient  prosecution  of 
public  aims."  Thej"  early  engaged  in  mercantile  business,  in  which  they 
were  eminently  successful,  the  younger  of  them,  Moses,  however,  soon  re- 
tiring to  his  residence  in  this  vicinity,  where  much  the  greater  portion  of 
his  long  life  was  passed. 

Nicholas,  the  eldest  of  the  four,  b.  July  28,  1729,  m.  1st,  Rhoda,  dau. 
of  Daniel  Jenckes,  and  2d,  Avis,  dau.  of  Barnabas  Binney,  and  d.  May  29, 
1791,  leaving  two  children  by  his  tirst  wife  :  1st,  Nicholas,  his  only  surviv- 
ing son,  long  distinguished  for  his  virtues  and  his  public  and  private 
charities,  b.  April  4,  1769,  m.  tirst,  Anne  Carter,  Nov.  3,  1791,  and  2d, 
Mary  Bowen  Stelle,  who  d.  without  issue  Dec.  12,  1836.  He  d.  Sept.  27, 
1841,  leaving  rwo  sons,  Nicholas  (who  is  married  and  has  children)  and  John 
Carter  Brown.  A  dau.  Anne.  m.  Hon.  J.  B.  Francis,  and  died 
in  1828.  2.  Hope,  only  surviving  dau.,  b.  Feb.  22,  1773,  m.  Thomas 
P.  Ive.«,  March  16,  1792,  and  has  children  surviving,  Charlotte  R.  m.  Wm. 
G.  Goddard,  Moses  B.  and  Robert  H.  Ives. 

Joseph,  b.  Dec.  3,  1733,  m.  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Nicholas  and  AnnePower, 
Sept.  30,  1759,  and  d.  Dec.  3,  1785.  Children,  Mary.  m.  Rev.  Stephen 
Gano,  d.  December  8,  1800,  (leaving  one  dau.  Eliza,  m.  Joseph  Rogers,) 
Obadiah,  d.  unm.  Feb.  14,  1815  ;  Elizabeth,  M.  Richard  Ward,  d.  Mar.  1, 
1845,  aet.  75  ;  Joseph,  b.  1771,  d.  vet.  3  years  ;  another  son  of  the  same 
name  d.  1791,  set.  16. 

John,  b.  Jan.  27,  1736,  m.  Sarah,  dau.  of  Daniel  and  Dorcas  Smith,  d. 
Sept.  20,  1803,  leaving  children,  James,  b.  Sept.  22,  1761,  d.  unm.  Dec.  12, 
1834  ;  Abby,  ra.  John  Francis,  d.  Mar.  5,  1821  ;  Alice,  m.  Hon.  James  B. 
Mason,  d.  Nov.  7,  1822  ;  Sarah,  m.  Frederick  Herreshofif,  d.  1846. 

Moses  was  b.  Sept.  12,  1738,  O.  S.  and  d.  Sept.  6,  1836,  N.  S.  wanting 
17  days  to  complete  his  98th  year.  He  married  1st,  Anna  Brown,  his  cousin 
dau.  of  Obadiah  Brown  ;  2d,  Mary  Olney  :  3d,  Avis  Lockwood.  B}'  his 
lirst  wife  he  had  two  children  ;  (1)  01)adiah,  m.  Dorcas  Hadwen,  d.  without 
issue,  Oct.  15,  1822,  set.  51.  (2)  Sarali  married  the  late  William  Almy, 
(who  with  her  brother  composed  the  tirm  of  Almy  &  Brown),  and  left  one 
dau.,  Anna,  m.  the  late  Wm.  Jenkins.     She,  with  her  dau.  Sarah,  perished 


Appendix.  137 

in  the  flames,  when  her  house  was  destroyed  by  fire,  Nov.  20,  1849.     Two 
children  survive,  Anna  and  Moses  B.  Jentins. 

5.  Andrew,  b.  Sept.  20, 1706,  removed  to  Gloucester,  R.  I.  He  is  stated 
by  Backus  to  have  been  "  a  Ju.stice  of  Peace  in  the  State,  and  long  an 
exemplary  Christian  in  the  Baptist  Church  in  Gloucester,  where  he  died  in 
peace,  1782."  He  left  one  son,  Elisha,  and  three  daus.  from  whom  have 
descended  a  numerous  offspring. 

7.  Akna,  b.  171 — ,  m.  Samuel  Comstock,  and  d.  Nov.  16,  1776.  One  of  her 
sons,  Benjamin,  was  the  father  of  Jesse,  Josepli,  William,  Samuel  and  Ben- 
jamin Comstock,  the  first  three  of  whom  for  many  years  commanded  packets 
between  this  port  and  New  York.  Of  these  sons,  William  alone  survives. 
Ann  B.,  a  dau.,  m.  Samuel  Thurber,  jun.     Sally  B.  m.  Samuel  Comstock. 

8.  Obadiah,  b.  Oct.  12,  1712,  lived  in  the  house  No.  51  N.  Main  street, 
where  T.  Whitaker  &  Son's  store  now  is.  On  one  of  the  chimnies  is  the 
date  1726.  This  was  formerly  on  the  large  old  chimney,  and  when  that 
was  removed  some  years  since,  the  figures  were  replaced  on  one  of  the 
smaller  ones  that  were  erected  in  its  stead.  The  house  is  one  of  the  few 
specimens  remaining  in  the  city,  of  the  architecture  of  that  period.  He  m. 
Mary,  dau.  of  Toleration  Harris,  and  d.  June  17,  1762,  leaving  four  daus.  : 

Phebe,  b.  April  21,  1738,  m.  John  Fenner. 
Sarah,  b.  Sept.  24,  1742,  m.  Jabez  Bowen  ;  d.  Mar.,  1800. 
Anna,  b  Nov.  28,  1744,  m.  Moses  Brown  ;  died  1773. 
Mary,  b.  Nov.  25,  1753,  m.  Thomas  Arnold. 

9.  Jeremiah,  b.  Nov.  25,  1715,  m.  Waitstill  Rhodes,  and  was  lost  at  sea 
in  the  winter  of  1740- '41,  leaving  one  dau.,  Mary,  who  m.  Hon.  David 
Howell,  and  d.  July  6,  1801,  leaving  one  son,  Jeremiah  B.  and  three  daus. 

10.  Elisha,  b.  May  25,  1717,  m.  first,  Martha,  dau.  of  John  and  Deborah 
Smith,  a  descendant  of  John  Smith  the  miller,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of 
Providence,  from  whom  the  grist  mill  property  has  descended,  through  John 
Brown,  the  eldest  son  of  Elisha,  to  the  Howell  family.  2d,  he  m.  Hannah, 
widow  of  Elijah  Cushing,  and  dau.  of  James  Barker,  of  Newport.  He 
was  a  man  of  great  ability  and  enterprise,  and  possessed  at  one  time  a  large 
property,  but  was  afterwards  unfortunate  in  business  and  lost  most  of  it. 
He  was  also  a  great  politician,  a  member  of  the  General  Assembly  for  a  num- 
ber of  years,  and  finally  Deputy  Governor  (as  it  was  then  called)  of  the 
Colony  of  Rhode  Island,  from  1765  to  '67.  His  house  stands  on  North  Main, 
a  little  to  the  northward  of  01  ney  street,  with  the  inscription  E  B  1749 
remaining  upon  the  stone  in  front  of  it.  The  latter  part  of  his  life  he  lived 
at  Wenscutt,  in  North  Providence,  and  d.  Apiil  20,  1802.  His  children 
were,  by  his  first  wife  six  sons,  and  by  both  wives  three  daughters, 
Deborah,  Martha  and  Martha  again,  who  d.  young.     The  sons  were — 

John,  b.  Jan.  28,  1742. 
James,  b.  April  27,  1744. 
Jeremiah,  b.  Dec.  28,  1746. 
Elisha,  b.  June  1,  1749. 
Isaac,  h.  May  23,  1751. 
Smith,  b.  April  12,  1756. 

Of  these,  John  m.  Wait,  dau.  of  Charles  Field,  and  d.  May  24,  1775, 
leaving  one  dau.  Martha,  whom.  Jeremiah  B.  Howell,  her  second  cousin. 
He  d.  Feb.  6,  1822,  she  d.  Feb.  14,  1851.  Their  children  were— Eliza,  m. 
Benj.  Cowell  ;  Martha  m.  Charles  Lippitt  ;  Sarah  B.  m.  Horace  A.  Wilcox; 
Wait  F.  m.  Appleton  Walker,  (both  dec'd)  ;  John  and  Chailes  ;  the  latter 
d.  May  28,  1846. 

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138  The  Chad  Brown  Memortal. 

James,  m.  Freelove  Brown,  July  19.  1764  ;  d.  at  St.  Crox  Jau.  6,  1766, 
leaving  one  .son,  James,  who  married,  but  left  no  children,  and  his  line  is 
extinct. 

Jeremiah,  m.  first,  Mary  Gushing,  by  whom  he  had — 

1.  Abigail,  b.  June  2,  1766,  m.  Nathaniel  Smith,  who  d.  April  8,  1814  ; 
she  died  Oct.  24.  1839,  leaving  two  children,  Nathaniel  and  Abb.y,  of  whom 
only  the  former  survives. 

2.  Catharine,  b.  April  11,  1768,  m.  James  Yerrinton.  She  died  Aug.  28, 
1831  ;  he  d.  1843.     Their  children  were — James  B.  m.  first  Phebe  Boyd  ; 

second,  Mrs.  Metcalf.     C'atharine  m.  Eliakim  Briggs  ;  Barker  T.  m. 

Maria  Daggett ;  and  Sarah  m.  William  Webster.     Catharine  and  Sarah  are 
deceased. 

3.  Mary,  b.  May  19,  1770,  m.  Darius  Allen.  She  survived  her  husband 
many  years  and  died  in  1817.  Their  children  were — Mary,  Abby,  Darius 
C,  Isaac  and  Jeremiah  N.     The  last  two  only  are  living. 

4.  Gushing  b.  Jau.  5,  1777,  d.  1834. 

5.  Jeremiah,  b.  Nov.  10,  1778,  removed  to  Newbern,  N.  C;  m.  Mary  S. 
Blackledge  in  1812,  died  Sept.  30,  1847,  having  had  twelve  sons  and  two 
daughters,  of  whom  seven  sons  and  the  daus.  survive. 

Jeremiah  Brown  ffather  of  the  above)  married  for  his  second  wife,  Su- 
sannah, widow  of  Thomas  Bowen,  and  dau.  of  John  Welch,  of  Boston. 
She  died  Dec.  1821,  get.  64.     Children— 

1.  Hugh  Hall,  b.  May  16,1792  ;  m.  Eunice  E.  Taber,  Mav  23,  1815. 
Children— Elizabeth  E.  b.  Feb.  26,  1816  ;  m.  first,  April,  1836,  Thomas  W. 
Waterman,  who  d.  Feb.  1,  1839  ;  and  second.  May  2,  1841,  Rev.  Sewall  S. 
Cutting.  Mary  A.,  b.  Mar.  5,  1818  ;  m.  George  Alliu,  June  3,  1839, 
James,  b.  Aug.  14,  1820  ;  m.  Virtue  Chappell,  Nov.  1841,  d.  Jan.  16,  1845. 
Joseph,  b.  Feb.  19,  1823,  m.  Rececca  Ketchum,  Feb.  10,  1846.  Ann  Fran- 
ces, b.  Sept.  19,  1825.     Charles  G.  b.  June  22,  1829  ;  d.  July  16,  1846. 

2.  Obadiah,  b.  1793  ;  d.  in  infancy. 

3.  Ebenezer  P.  b.  April,  1797,  married  Sarah  Jillson,  1822.  He  died 
June  16, 1839  ;  she  died  July  1,  1851.     Children— Samuel  W.  and  Ebenezer. 

4.  John  S.  b.  October  4,  i799  ;  m.  Ann  Rounds,  1829.  Children -Ferdi- 
nand, Isabella,  Ann  Eliza  and  Evelyn. 

Elisha,  m.  Elizabeth  Bowen,  of  Rehoboth,  April  24,  1774  ;  she  d.  181—; 
he  d,  March,  1827.     Children— 

1.  Lydia,  b.  Jan.  2,  1775  ;  m.  Colville  Dana,  who  was  lost  at  sea,  Dec. 
1804,  set.  35  ;  she  d.  Sept.  5,  1847.     Children- Ann  Eliza,  m.  Rev.  James 

Burlingame,  d.  ;  Jonathan  d.  some  years  since,  unm. ;  Lucy,  m.  Rev. 

James  Burlingame  ;  Deborah,  m.  Samuel  Boyd  ;  Sarah,  m.  Amasa  Stone, 
and  Abby,  m.  Nelson  Sweetland. 

2.  Deborah,  b.  Dec.  27,  1776  ;  d.  April  26,  1800. 

3.  Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  24,  1779  ;  m.  John  Kinnicutt  ;  both  deceased  for 
many  years.  Children— Sarah,  m.  Ezra  Hubbard  ;  and  John,  the  latter 
deceased. 

4.  Lucy,  b.  Nov.  1,  1781    d.  Jan.  25.  1784. 

5.  6.  Elisha  and  John,  twins,  b.  Jan.  20,  1784.  Elisha  d.  at  Batavia,  Oct. 
6,  1802,     John  married,  and  died  in  1822,  leaving  four  children. 

7.  Lucy,  b.  May  24,  1785  ;  d.  May  15,  1787. 

8.  Alonzo,  b.  Dec.  24,  1787. 

9.  James,  b.  Oct.  4,  1790  ;  d.  May  12,  1791. 

Isaac,  m.  Amey,  dau.  of  Christopher  Dexter,  of  North  Providence,  and 
was  lost  at  sea,  Nov.  20,  1793.  She  d.  March  28.  1844,  aet.  93  years,  8 
months  and  18  days.  Of  their  family  of  nine  children,  all  d.  young  but 
three. 


Appendix.  139 

1.  Amey,  m.  Benoni  Cooke  ;  d.  Dec.  9,  1822,  set.  38.  Surviving  chil- 
dren—Charles U.  and  Benoni  Cooke,  jun. 

2.  Isaac,  b.  Oct.  4,  1787,  na.  Lydia  Williams,  of  Dighton,  Mass.,  April  1, 
1810.  She  d.  May  26.  1848.  He  m.  2d,  Jan.  30,  1850,  Caroline,  dau.  of 
Otis  Bartlett,  of  Smithtield.  R.  I.  Children— Nathaniel  Williams,  m.  June 
5,  1834,  Sophia  Frothingham,  of  Boston.  Children — Sophia,  Frederick 
Lothrop,  Amey  Bunnell  and  Langdon. 

Alice,  m.  Moses  B.  Lockwood,  May  9,  1842. 

Amey  Dexter,  m.  Jacob  Dunnell,  Dec.  29,  1834.     Children — Sophia,  Ja- 
cob, Edward  Wanton,  Adela  and  Alice  Maud  Mary. 
Mary,  m.  Rev.  J.  P.  Tustin,  March  29,  1848. 
Adeline. 
Isaac. 

3.  Alice,  m.  Truman  Beckwith  ;  d.  Aug.  19,  1837,  a?t.  47,  leaving  chil- 
dren—Susan T.,  Henry  T.,  Abby  G.  and  Amos  N.  The  former  d.  Feb.  5, 
1851. 

Smith,  resided  the  latter  part  of  his  life  at  Pembroke,  Mass.,  where  he 
d.  20th  11th  mo.  1826.  He  m.  Lydia  Goold,  of  Pembroke,  dau.  of  Samuel 
and  Elizabeth  Goold,  12th   10th  mo.  1785.     Children - 

1.  Samuel,  b.  12th  2d  mo.  1787  ;  m.  Maria  Hussey,  of  Nantucket,  6th  3d 
mo.  1816;  their  children  are— Ann,  b.  28th  9th  mo.  1818,  m.  Joseph  S. 
Barnard,  6th  of  2d  mo.  1844.  Children— George  Albert  and  Edward  Goold 
Barnard.  Sarah  Joy,  b.  24th  11th  mo.  1820  ;  Lydia  Goold,  b.  27th  8th  mo. 
1822,  m.  Nath'l  K.  Randall,  1st  1st  mo.  1843,  has  one  child,  Charles 
Franklin  Randall.  Joseph  Goold,  b.  19th  6th  mo.  1825.  Elizabeth,  b 
25th  8th  mo  1827.  George  Smith,  b.  6th  10th  mo.  1829.  William  Austin, 
b.  11th  10th  mo   1832.     Moses,  b.  30th  3d  mo.  1835. 

2.  Anna,  b.  4th  10th  mo.  1788  ;  d.  16th  6th  mo.  1813. 

3.  Goold,  b.  7th  3d  mo.  1791  ;  m.  Mary,  dau.  of  Nath'l  Starbuck,  8th 
11th  mo.  1842.  Their  adopted  children  are,  Ann  Eliza,  b.  20th  2d  mo. 
1844  ;  Mary  S.  b.  17th  6th  mo.  1850. 

4.  William  B.  b  21st  3d  mo.  1793  ;  m.  Beulah  Purington.  8th  11th  mo. 
1827.  Children -William  G.  b.  18th  7th  mo.  1830;  Charles  Purinton  b. 
19th  6mo.  1833. 

5.  Elizabeth,  b.  10th  5th  mo  1795  ;  m.  James  Oliver,  3d  5th  mo.  1821  ; 
d.  20th  nth  mo.  1823.  Children— Lydia  Maria,  b  18th  3d  mo.  1822,  d. 
29th  nth  mo.  1828.  Elizabeth  B.,  b.  7th  10th  mo.  1823;  m.  Pliny  E. 
Chase  28th  6th  mo.  1843.  Children— James  A.,  Eliza  Brown  and  Edward 
Oliver  Chase. 

6.  Lydia,  born  14th  1st  mo.  1798. 


140  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

INSCRIPTIONS, 

At  the  North  Burial  Ground,  Providence. 


IN    MEMORY   OF 

CHAD    BROWN, 

Elder  of  tlie  Baptist  Church  in 

this  Town. 

He  was  one  of  the  original  Proprietors  of 

the  Providence  Purchase, 

Having  been  exiled  from  Massachusetts, 

for  conscience  sake. 

He  had  live  sons, 

JOHN,  JAMES,  JEKEMIAH,  CHAD  and  DANIEL 

Who  have  left  a  numerous  Posterity. 

He  died  about  A.  D.  1665. 

Tnis  Monument 

Was  erected  by  the  Town  of  Providence. 


Here  lieth  interred 

ye  Body  of 

JA]\IES     BROWN. 

Died  Octr.  ye  28th,  1732.     In  ye  66th  year 

of  his  age. 


Here  Lies  Inter'd  ye  Body  of 

MARY     BROWN, 

Widow  and  Relict  of  James  Brown, 

Dec'd    August    ye    18,    1736, 

in  ye  66th  year  of  her  age. 

Old  Age  being  come  her  race  here  ends 
When  God  ye  Fatal  Dart  he  sends. 

Note.— This  monument  to  the  memory  of  Chad  Brown,  in  Nicholas  Brown's  yard,  is 
believed  to  be  the  only  memorial  of  any  of  the  first  settlers  of  Providence,  except  the 
monument  erected  by  Richard  Waterman.  Esq.  to  his  ancestors,  in  the  lot  north  of  his 
house  on  Benefit-street.  It  will  be  observed  that  the  fourth  son's  name  is  here  given  as 
Chad,  instead  of  Judah  ;  but  this  is  the  only  place  out  of  several  where  we  have  seen  the 
names,  in  which  it  is  so  stated.  Another  remarkable  circunjstance  besides  this  monu- 
ment is,  that  in  the  Nicholas  Brown  lot  are  the  graves  of  eight  generations,  save  one,  from 
Chad  Bi-own  to  a  child  of  the  present  Nicholas  Brown.  Gov.  Elisha  Brown  and  others  of 
the  family  ai-e  buried  near  by,  the  Governor  without  any  head-stone,  as  he  became  a 
Friend  in  the  latter  part  of  his  life. 


Appendix.  141 


Here  lies  inter'd  ye  Body  of 

Mr.    JAMES     BROWN,    Jun 

Dec'd     April     ye    27th,    1739, 

ia  ye  41.st  year  of  his  age. 

My  time  is  come,  next  may  be— Thine  ; 
Prepare  for  it  whilst  thou  hast  time. 
No  Time  we  have  but  what  is  lent, 
Then  dust  we  are  when  that  is  spent. 


HOPE     BROWN, 

Widow  of 

JAMES  BROWN,  Esq, 

Died  June  8,  1793, 

Aged  ninety  years  and  six  months. 

The  mother  of 

Nicholas,  Joseph,  John  and  Moses  Brown. 


Here  lies  ye  body  of 

MARTHA, 

Ye  wife  of  Elisha  Green, 

Who  died  July  ye  27,  1725,  aged  21  years, 

9  months  and  15  days. 


Here  lieth 

MARY, 

Ye  daughter  of  James  and  Mary  Brown, 

Died  Feb.   ye   20,    1729, 

aged  20  years,  9  mos. 


IN   MEMORY    OP 

MRS.    MARTHA    BROWN, 

Wife  of  ELISHA  BROWN,  Esq. 

Who  departed  this  Life, 

September  the  1st,  A.  D.  1760, 

Aged  41   Years,   4   Months  and  29  days. 


IN   MEMORY    OP 

Mr.    JOHN    BROWN, 

Son  of  Elisha  Brown,  Esq. 

Who  died   May  24th,    1775, 

In  the  34th  year  of  his  age. 


142  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

,  THOMAS    ANGELL. 

According  to  tradition  he  was  the  son  of  Henry  Angell,  of  Liverpool, 
born  abovit  1618.  When  a  lad  of  twelve  he  went  to  London,  and  the  same 
year  accompanied  Roger  Williams  to  New  England.  They  emigrated  in 
the  ship  Lyon  from  Bristol,  Dec.  1,  1630,  arrived  in  Boston  Feb.  5,  1631, 
and  were  in  Salem  as  early  as  the  next  April.  He  is  spoken  of  as  a  "young 
lad  living  in  the  family  of  Koger  Williams."  He  was  with  Roger  Williams 
in  Seekonk,  and  was  one  of  his  five  companions,  when,  in  search  of  a  new 
site,  in  the  early  summer  of  1636,  they  pursued  their  way  by  boat  from  the 
landing  at  State  Rock,  to  the  shore  of  the  Moshassuck  River,  where  they 
commenced  the  settlement  of  I'rovidence. 

He  received  a  grant  of  land,  signed  the  first  compact,  and  the  agreement 
for  a  form  of  government  in  1640.  From  1652-55  he  served  as  Commis- 
sioner, Juryman,  Constable,  and  in  the  latter  year,  was  admitted  Freeman. 
In  1676,  after  the  close  of  King  Philip's  war,  he  was  on  the  Indian  Commit- 
tee to  regulate  the  terms  under  which  the  services  of  the  captives  were  to 
be  sold.     He  died  in  1694,  and  his  widow  Alice,  in  1695 

They  had  eight  children  :  John,  AiqjMllis.  Mary,  Deborah,  Alice,  James, 
Hope  and  Margaret.  To  his  son  James,-  who  m.  Sept.  3,  1678,  Abigail, 
dau.  of  the  Rev.  Gregory  Dexter,  he  gave  in  his  will  his  "dwelling  house 
next  unto  the  street,  with  lot  where  house  standeth,  another  lot  adjoining," 
etc.  This  was  his  Home  Lot,  and  also  the  Home  Lot  of  Francis  Weston, 
acquired  by  purchase.  The  land  remained  in  the  family  until  1774,  when 
John  Angell,^  son  of  James,^  sold  the  portion  of  it  now  occupied  by  the 
First  Baptist  Church,  to  William  Russell,  who  transferred  It  the  same  year 
to  the  First  Baptist  Society.  (See  "  Home  Lots  of  the  Early  Settlers,"  by 
C.  W.  Hopkins,  Providence,  1886.)  The  descendants  of  Thomas  Angell 
and  Chad  Browne  are  closely  allied  by  frequent  intermarriages.  {See  Nos. 
11,  14,  22,  27,  29,  44,  69,  72.  84,  105  and  jtage  126.)  The  Angell  Genealogy, 
by  Avery  F.  Angell,  was  published  in  Providence,  in  1872. 

WILLIAM,  THOMAS,  JOANNA  AND  ELIZABETH  ARNOLD. 

Information  regarding  the  Arnold  Family  is  derived  mainly  from  the 
"Genealogy  of  the  Family  of  Arnold  in  Europe  and  America,  with  Brief 
Notices  by  John  Ward  Dean,  Henry  T.  Drowne  and  Edwin  Hubbard."  It 
is  a  pamphlet  of  sixteen  pages,  and  is  a  reprint  from  the  New  England  Hist. 
and  Genealogical  Register  for  Oct.,  1879.  "The  family  of  Arnold  is  of 
great  antiquity,  having  its  origin  among  the  ancient  princes  of  Wales. 
According  to  a  pedigree  in  the  College  of  Arras,  they  trace  from  Ynir, 
King  of  Gwentland,  of  the  twelfth  century,  who  married  Nesta,  daughter 
of  Jestin  ap  Gurgan,  King  of  Glamorgan.  Ynir  was  paternally  descended 
from  Ynir,  the  second  son  of  Cadwaladir,  King  of  the  Britons,  who  built 
Abergavenny  and  its  castle  in  Monmouth  Co.,  in  the  southwestern  part  of 
England."  The  town  is  near  the  Welsh  border  at  the  confluence  of  the 
Usk  and  Gavenny,  in  the  centre  of  a  coal  and  iron  district,  143  miles  from 
London.  Portions  of  the  castle  walls  still  remain.  The  tirst  of  the  family 
who  adopted  a  surname  was  Roger  Arnold,  of  Monmouthshire,  twelfth  in 
descent  from  Y'mr.  Thomas  Arnold,  of  Cheselbourne,  Dorsetshire,  of  the 
sixteenth  generation,  was  the  father  of  the  emigrants,  William  and 
Thomas  Arnold,  who  were  half  brothers. 

WILLIAM,  b.  June  24,  1587,  son  of  the  first  wife,  Alice,  who  was 
daughter  of  John  Gully,  married  Christian,  dau.  of  Thomas  Peak,  and 
with  his  wife  and  four  children,  Elizabeth,  Benedict,  Joanna  and  Stephen, 
emigrated  to  New  England  in  1635.  He  was  in  Hingham,  Mass.,  for  a 
lime,  and  came  the  following  year  to  Providence.  He  received  grants  of 
land  from  Roger  Williams,  and  his  initials.  W.  A.,  are  second  in  the  Initial 
Deed.  In  1639  he  removed  to  Pawtuxet,  where  he  resided  until  his  death, 
which  occurred  about  1676,  the  precise  date  not  being  known.     Though 


Appendix. 

not  always  in  accord  with  Roger  Williams, he  was  held  in  high  esteem,  and 
filled  various  offices  of  trust.  His  eldest  son,  Benedict  Arnold,  born  in 
Leamington,  Warwickshire,  England,  Dec.  21,  1615,  was  the  first  Governor 
of  Rhode  Island,  under  the  Royal  Charter,  granted  in  1643. 

THOMAS  ARNOLD,  half  brother  of  William,  baptized  April  18,  1599, 
married  his  first  wife  in  England.  He  came  to  America  in  1685,  and 
settled  at  Watertown,  Mass.,  but  afterwards  removed  to  Providence, 
where  he  purcliascd  lands  at  the  north  end  of  the  town.  He  was  admitted 
Freeman  in  1658,  was  Deputy  from  1666-'72,  and  was  in  the  Town  Coun- 
cil in  1672.  His  death  occurred  in  Sept.,  1674.  Of  the  three  children  by 
his  first  wife,  Susannah,  the  youngest,  was  the  only  one  who  survived  in- 
fancy. She  was  married  April  7,  1654,  to  John  Farnum.  The  second 
wife  of  Thomas  Arnold  was  Phebe,  daughter  of  George  and  Susanna 
Parkhurst,  of  Watertown.  They  had  six  children,  four  of  whom  became 
heads  of  families,  viz.:  Rirhard,  Joint,  Ekazar  and  EUzaheth.  liiehard 
married  Mary  Angell,  daughter  of  the  first  Thomas,  and  had  a  great  grand- 
son, Thomas,  who  married  Mary  Brown  (iSV<?  JViy.  27).  Elizabeth  was  mar- 
ried Nov.  22,  1678,  to  Samuel  Comstock*  {Samuel,'^  William,'^  of  England). 
One  of  her  grandsons,  Samuel  Comstock,  married  Anna  Brotcn,  daughter 
of  Elder  James  (See  No.  11). 

JOANNA  ARNOLD,  sister  of  William,  baptized  Nov.  30,  1577,  mar- 
ried William  Hopkins,  and  had  (1)  Erances,  who  married  William  Mann, 
an  early  settler  in  Providence  ;  (2)  Thomas,  great  grandfather  of  Gov. 
Stephen  Hopkins  {See  No.  17) ;  (3)  Elizabeth. 

ELIZABETH  ARNOLD,  sister  of  Thomas,  and  half  sister  of  William 
and  Joanna,  born  in  1596,  was  married  Feb.,  1617,  to  John  Sayles,  Jr. 
They  are  supposed  to  have  been  the  parents  of  John  Sayles,  the  Emigrant, 
who  married  Mary  Williams,  daughter  of  Roger  {See  .No.  16). 

There  have  been  frequent  inrermarriages  between  the  Arnolds  and 
Browns  and  their  descendafits.  This  is  illustrated  to  some  extent  in  the 
Arnold  Genealogical  Tree,  drawn  by  the  late  George  C.  Arnold,  of  Provi- 
dence, of  which  a  reduced  facsimile,  thirty  inches  by  twenty-four,  was 
executed  in  1877  by  the  Graphic  Company  of  New  York.  (;SW-  Nos.  2,  10, 
13,  15,  55,  71,  72,  74,  88,  104,  132.) 

STEPHEN  BECK  WITH. 

In  Hall's  Historical  Records  of  Norwalk,  Conn.,  there  is  occasional  men- 
tion of  Stephen  Beckwith,  presumably  the  ancestor  of  Truman  Beckwith. 
{See  No.  65).  There  is  no  complete  list  of  the  original  settlers,  but  in  a 
Table  of  "  Estates  of  lands  and  accommodations"  in  1655,  the  name  of 
Stephen  Beckwith  is  third.  He  is  included  in  "  Hinman's  Catalogue  of  the 
First  Puritan  Settlers  of  Connecticut "  at  an  earlier  date— 1649.  In  a  later 
table  of  "Estates  of  Lands,"  etc.,  and  in  "  The  Estates  of  Commonage," 
1687,  his  name  is  repeated.  The  last  mention  of  him  in  Hall's  Records 
occurs  in  a  List  of  Voters  at  Norwalk  Town  Meetings,  Dec.  4,  1694. 

•  REV.    EDWARD    BULKELEY,    D.    D. 

This  family,*  which  is  descended  from  remote  antiquity,  derived  its  sur 
name  from  a  ridge  of  mountains  in  the  County  Palatine  of  Chester,  Eng. 
In  the  time  of  King  John,  1199-1216,  it  was  spelled  Buclough,  signifying 
larger  mountain.  The  name  was  afterwards  modified  to  Bucclogh,  and  was 
finally  corrupted  into  Bulkeley,  the  form  adhered  to  by  the  present  gener- 
ations in  England  and  America,  except  that,  in  some  families  in  this  coun- 
try, the  first  (E)  has  been  eliminated.     Edward  Bulkeley,"  born  in  Odell, 

*  For  the  Bulkeley  Coat  of  Arms,  see  America  Heraldica.  Motto,  Nee  temere.  Nee 
timide,  neither  rashly  nor  timidly. 


144  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

Bedfordshire,  was  a  descendant  of  Peter, ^  second  son  of  Robert,^  Lord  of 
Bucclogh,  in  the  reign  of  Edward  III.  {Edward,^  Tho/nas.'^  Williani,'' 
Hiiinphtry,'''  Ihigh.^  JoJin,^  Petcr,^  Robert,-  William^).  He  married  Olive 
Irlby,  of  Lincohishire,  and  was  made  Rector  of  All  Saints'  Church  in  Odell 
in  15o8.  An  eminent  minister  of  the  gospel,  he  became  a  non-comformist, 
but  was  undisturbed  in  the  exercise  of  his  clerical  functions. 

His  son,  Piter  Bulkelei/,'^"  born  Jan.  31,  1588,  was  admitted,  at  the  age 
of  sixteen,  a  member  of  St.  John's  College,  Cambridge,  of  which  he  was 
afterwards  cliosen  fellow,  and  from  which  he  received  the  Degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Divinity.  He  succeeded  hi*  father  in  the  ministry,  and 
inherited  from  him  a  large  estate.  Dr.  Williams,  Bishop  of  Lincoln,  con- 
nived at  his  uoncomformitj^  as  he  had  done  at  Tliat  of  his  father,  but,  after 
preaching  twenty-one  years,  he  was  at  length  silenced  by  command  of 
Archbishop  Laud.  The  prospect  of  ministerial  usefulness  in  his  own 
country  being  at  an  end,  he  sold  his  estates,  and  in  1635  emigrated  to  New 
England.* 

He  remained  for  some  months  in  Cambridge,  and  in  July,  1636,  "  carried 
a  good  number  of  planters  up  with  him  farther  into  the  woods,  where  they 
gathered  the  12th  church  in  the  colony,  and  called  the  ton^n,  '  Concord.'  " 
{See  M(ithei''s  Magmdia,  b.  3,  96-98).  The  next  year  he  was  constituted 
teacher  of  the  church,  and  Rev.  John  Jones, f  son  of  William,  of  Aber- 
gavenny, Monmouthshire,  was  ordained  pastor.  He  expended  a  large 
estate  in  Concord  by  giving  farms  to  his  servants,  whom  he  emj^loyed  in 
husbandry.  His  labors  in  the  church  were  continued  with  little  interrup- 
tion until  his  death,  March  9,  1659.  Dr.  Peter  Bulkely  was  distinguished 
for  theological  linowledge,  general  literature  and  eminent  piety.  He  wrote 
Latin  with  ease  and  elegance,  and  some  of  his  Latin  verses  are  still  extant. 
As  an  author,  he  was  best  known  by  his  treatise,  "  The  Gospel  Covenant," 
the  2d  edition  of  which  was  piiblished  in  London  in  1651.  He  was  an  earl}' 
benefactor  of  Harvard  College,  to  which  he  contributed  a  large  part  of  his 
own  library.  Three  of  his  younger  sons,  Jofui,  Gershom  and  Peter,  vf eve 
graduates  of  that  institution. 

His  family  was  a  numerous  one  :  b}'  liis  lirst  marriage  to  Jane,  dau.  of 
Thomas  Allen,  of  Goldingtou,  there  were  nine  sons  and  two  daughters 
He  married,  second,  Grace,  dau.  of  Sir  Richard  Chetwood,  wlio  survived 
him,  and  died  in  New  London,  Conn,  1669.  They  liad  three  sons  and  one 
daughter.  Thoiuas  Bvlleley,^'^  b.  April  11,  1617,  second  son  of  Peter,  ^^  m. 
Sarah,  dau.  of  Rev.  John  Jones,  of  Concord,  and  removed  to  Fairfield, 
Conn.,  where  he  was  a  large  land  holder.  The  generations  intervening  be- 
tween him  and  John  W.  Eulkley.^'t  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  are  Joseph,'-  b. 
1644,  m.  IMartha  Beers  ;  Joseph,'' »  b.,  1682,  m.  Esther  Hill ;  Ebenezer,'^  b., 
1781,  m.  Hannah  Maltbie  ;  Ebenezer, '^  b.,  1766,  m.  Diana  Williams,  of 
Saybrook,  Conn.  (See  The  Bulkeley  Family,  compiled  by  Rev.  F.  W. 
Chapman,  Hartford,  1875.) 

SARAH  BULKELEY. 

Sarah  Bulkeley, '  "  daughter  of  Dr.  Edward,  and  sister  of  Peter  Bulkeley, 
married  Oliver  St.  John,  Bart.  Their  daughter,  Elizabeth  St.  John^'^  was 
married  Aug.  6,  1829,  to  Rev.  Samuel  Whiting, 'and  accompanied  him  in 
1686  to  New  England  where  he  became  first  pastor  of  the  church  in  Lynn, 
Mass.  Their  daughter,  Elizabeth  Whiting,'-  was  married  to  Rev.  Jeremiah 
Hobart.  Of  their  children,  Dorothy  Hobart, '^  the  third  daughter,  born  in 
Topstield,  Mass.,  Aug.  21,  1679,  married  for  her  second  liusband.  Hon. 
Hezekiah  Brainard,  of  Haddam,  and  had  nine  children.  One  of  their  sons, 
Rev.  David  Brainard,'*  was  missionar}'  to  the  Indians.  A  daughter, 
Martha  Brainard, '  ^  1).  Sept.    1,  1716,  became  the  first  wife  of  Maj.-Gen. 

*  See  N.  E.  Hist,  and  Genealogical  Reg..  April.  1887. 
+  See  New  York  Biographical  Record,  April,  187.5. 
t  See  No.  10.3. 


Apfkxdix.  145 

Joseph  Spencer,  of  the  Ilevolutlonary  Army.  They  were  the  parents  of 
Elizabeth  Spencer,  i"  wife  of  Gov.  Lewis  Cass,  of  Michigan.  Their  daugh- 
ter, Matilda  Cass/ "  married  Henry  Ledyard,  of  Newport  R.  I.,  and  had 
a  dau.,  Elizabeth  C.  Ledyard,'*  wife  of  Francis  W.  Goddard,  of  Provi- 
dence.    (See  Ko.  114.) 

The  family  of  St.  John  in  England  is  of  noble  origin.  Oliver  St.  John, 
Baron  of  Beauchamp,  upon  the  coming  of  his  third  cousin.  Queen 
Elizabeth,  to  the  throne,  was  created  Lord  St.  John  of  Bletshoe.  His  great 
grandson,  Oliver  St.  John,  whose  mother  was  Sarah  Bulkeley,  was  Chief 
Justice  of  England  during  the  Commonwealth,  and  Minister  to  the  Nether- 
lamds.  He  is  said  to  have  been  own  cousin  of  Oliver  Cromwell.  (For  the 
account  of  the  descent  of  Elizal)eth  (St.  John)  Whiting  from  ten  Sovereigns 
of  Europe,  see  Drake's  Hist,  of  Boston,  p.  363,  and  New  England  Hist,  and 
Genealogical  Reg.  for  1861,  p.  217). 

JOHN  CRANDALL. 

JOHN  CRANDALL  was  a  Baptist  Elder  of  Westerly,  R.  I.,  to  which 
jilace  he  removed  from  Newport.  He  was  admitted  Freeman  in  1655,  and 
was  Commissioner  from  1658-'63.  His  name  frequentlj^  appears  in  con- 
nection with  public  affairs  in  Rhode  Island.  In  July,  1651,  he,  with  John 
Clarke  and  Obadiah  Holmes,  representatives  of  the  church  in  Newport, 
made  their  memorable  visit  to  William  Witter,  of  Lynn,  Mass.  While 
Mr.  Clarke  was  preaching,  they  were  arrested  by  the  authorities  on  several 
charges,  and  the  next  day  imprisoned  in  Boston.  After  imdergoiug  the 
form  of  a  trial  he  was  sentenced  to  pay  £5  or  be  publicly  whipped,  but  was 
released  upon  promising  to  appear  at  the  next  court. 

On  account  of  the  Indian  war  he  returned  to  Newport,  where  he  died  in 
1676.  The  name  of  his  tirst  wife  is  not  known.  She  was  buried  Aug.  2, 
1670.     Of  their  seven  children,  Smtuiel,  the  youngest,  b.  1663,  d.  May  19, 

1736,  married  Sarah -and  lived  in   Little  Compton,  R.  I.     Their  oldest 

child,    Samuel,  born  Oct.  30,    1686,  was  probably  the  father  of  Samuel 

Crandall,  who  married  Margaret ,  and  had  Joseph,  b.  Nov.   24,  1731, 

Thomas,  b.  Jan.  10,  1734,  Mary,  Simon.  Rebecca,  Ezekiel  and  Hannah. 
Of  these,  Thomas,  who  married  in  Little  Compton,  March  20,  1760,  Mary 
Stoddard*  and  lived  in  Newport  "on  the  Point,"  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revo- 
lutionary army.  During  the  occupation  of  Newport  by  the  British,  his 
wife  abandoned  their  home,  and,  with  her  family  of  \'oung  children,  sought 
refuge  at  her  father  s  in  Tiverton,  where  they  remained  until  the  war  was 
over.  On  their  return,  nothing  remained  of  their  possessions  but  the  well 
and  the  cellar  walls.  Ezekiel  Crandall,  brother  of  Thomas,  remained  in 
Newport,  but  was  compelled  to  share  his  house  with  British  officers,  from 
wliom  he  and  his  wife  suffered  many  indignities. 

Abby  Crandall,  youngest  child  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Stoddard)  Crandall. 
married  Richard  Rounds,  son  of  Martin  and  Wealthy  (Briggs)  Rounds,  of 
Rehoboth,  Mass.,  and  died  in  Providence,  Jan.  19,  1826,  in  the  forty  fifth 
year  -of  her  age,  leaving  eight  children,  the  eldest  of  whom,  Ann,  born  in 
Providence,  June  14,  1807,  was  married  to  John  S.  Brown.     iSee  No.  59.) 

George  Allin,  who  married  Mary  A.,  daughter  of  Hugh  H.  Brown,  was  a 
descendant  of  John  Crandall  through  his  mother,  Amey  (Crandall)  Allin, 
daughter  of  Judge  Robert  and  Margaret  (Gardiner)  Crandall,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Robert  Crandall  of  Exeter,  R.  I.,  a  Kevolutionary  soldier,  who, 
retiu-ning  to  his  home  at  the  close  of  the  war.  died  on  his  way  at  Wickford. 
(<SVr  Ay>.'99.) 

*  The  name  Stoddard  is  derived  from  the  oflfice  of  Standard  Bearer,  and  was  anciently- 
written  De-La-Standard.  The  emigrant  ancestor  was  Anthony  Stoddard,  who  came  to 
Boston  in  1639. 

For  Uoat  of  Arms,  see  America  Heraldica. 


146  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

GREGORY  DEXTER. 

Gregory  Dexter  was  born  in  Olney,  Northampton  Co.,  England,  in  1610. 
He  was  a  printer  and  stationer  in  London,  where  he  was  also  connected 
with  the  Baptist  ministry.  He  was  in  Providence  abont  1638,  and  had  a  lot 
assigned  to  him.  In  July  27,  1640.  he  and  thirty-eight  others  afflxed  their 
signatures  to  an  agreement  for  a  form  of  government.  Roger  Williams' 
"  Key  to  the  Indian  Language  "'  Avas  printed  at  his  establishment  in  Lon- 
don, in  1643.  An  original  copy  of  this  l)ook  is  in  the  Library  of  Brown 
University  Gregory  Dexter  was  influential  in  both  the  civil  and  religious 
affairs  of  the  Colony.  He  was  Commissioner,  Town  Clerk,  President  of 
Providence  and  Warwick  ;  was  admitted  Freeman  in  1655,  and  served  as 
Deputy  from  1664-66.  He  was  an  able  and  successful  preacher,  and  was 
ordained  as  the  fourth  pastor  of  the  First  Baptist  church  in  1654.  The 
banks  of  the  Moshassuck  river  witnessed  many  baptismal  scenes  as  results 
of  his  ministry.  Roger  Williams  alludes  to  him  as  "  a  man  of  education 
and  a  noble  calling  and  versed  in  militaires."  His  services  as  an  accom- 
plished printer  were  frequently  in  requisition  in  Boston,  "to  set  in  order 
the  printing  office  there."  His  Home  Lot,  a  short  distance  east  of  the 
junction  of  North  Main  and  Benefit  Streets,  bounded  on  the  north  by 
Dexter's  Lane,  now  Olney  Street,  was  the  most  northerly  of  the  fifty-two 
lots  of  the  first  division.  In  1663,  he  acquired  by  purchase  the  Hom'e  Lot 
of  Matthew  Waller,  which  adjoined  his  own,  on  the  south.  His  first 
habitation,  a  log  house,  destroyed  by  the  Indians  in  1676,  was  replaced  by 
a  second,  built  in  better  style.  This  was  demolished,  about  1800,  to  give 
way  to  the  structure  whicii  now  occupies  the  site.  He  died  in  1700  at  the 
age  of  ninety.  His  wife  Abigail  Fullerton,  survived  him,  dying  after  1706. 
They  had  four  children,  Hteplicn,  b.  Nov.  1,  1647  ;  Jmnes,  b.  May  6,  1650  ; 
John,  b.  Nov.  6,  1652,  and  Abigail,  b.  Sept.  24,  1655,  who  was"  married, 
Sept.  8,  1678,  to  James  Angell,  son  of  the  first  Thomas.  (For  intermarriages 
see  Nos.  14,  29,  30,  33,  48.) 

WILLIAM  EDDYE. 

Rev.  William  Eddye,  A.  M.,  Vicar  of  the  Church  of  St.  Dunstan,  Cran- 
brook,  Kent  Co.,  England,  a  native  of  Bristol,  married  Mary  Fosten, 
daughter  of  John,  and  second,  widow  P^lizabeth  Taylor.  Of  his  eleven 
chWdmn,  John,  Abigail  and  Samuel  (of  the  first  wife)  emigrated  to  New 
England.     The   latter,   styled  Samuel   the   Pilgrim,  b.  May,  1608,  married 

Elizabeth ,  and  came  in  the  ship  Handmaid  to  Plymouth,  Mass., 

arriving  Oct.  29.  1630.  His  descendants,  as  early  as  the  third  generation, 
were  in  Glocester  and  Providence,  R.  I.  (For  intermarriages  see  Nos.  11, 
16,  50,  57,  106).  The  Eddy  Genealogy,  by  Robert  H.  Eddy,  of  Boston, 
was  published  in  1883,  and  a  second  ed'ition  in  1884.  Robert  H.  Eddy  was 
a  well-known  patent  solicitor,  who  died  in  May,  1887.  In  his  will  he  left 
$5,000  for  a  suitable  tablet  in  memory  of  his  ancestor,  Rev.  William  Eddye, 
at  Cranbrook,  England. 

ARTHUR  FENNER. 

Arthur.  William  and  John  Fenner,  were  probably  sons  of  Thomas 
Fenner,  an  Indian  trader,  who  died  in  Branford,  Conn.,  May  15,  1647. 
Capt.  Arthur  Fenner,  the  eldest,  born  in  1622,  was,  by  tradition,  a  lieuten- 
ant in  Cromwell's  army.  He  was  not  only  a  soldier,  but  also  an  expert 
engineer  and  surveyor,  and  prominently  identified  with  the  history  of  the 
Providence  Plantation  for  the  greater  portion  of  fifty  years.  He  lived  m 
Cranston,  where  he  built  a  house  which  was  burned  before  Jan.  14,  1676, 
by  the  Indians.  The  remains  of  the  second  house,  erected  probably  on  the 
same  site,  have  long  been  known  as  "Fenner  Castle."  The  first  wife  of 
Arthur  Fenner  was  Mehitable,  dau.  of  Richard  and   Bethia   Waterman. 


Appendix.  147 

Descendants  of  two  of  their  children,  Major  Thomnn  Fcnner,  and  Freelove 
who  married  Gideon  Crawford,  intermarried  with  the  Browns.  {See  Nos. 
12,  18,  26,  37,  106.)  The  Genealogy  of  the  Fenner  Family,  in  two  parts, 
was  compiled  by  the  late  Hev.  J.  P.  Root,  of  Providence. 

JOHN  AND  WILLIAM  FIELD. 

John  Field,  of  Providence,  signed  the  tirst  compact  of  1637,  and  the 
agreement  of  1640  ;  the  latter  document  has  also  the  signature  of  William 
Field.  The  Home  Lot  of  John,  on  the  Towne  street,  adjoined  that  of  Wil- 
liam on  the  south.  William's  house  stood  nearly  on  the  site  of  the  Provi- 
dence Bank,  a  building  erected  by  Joseph  Brown  in  1774  and  occupied  by 
him  as  a  residence.  In  the  time  of  King  Philip's  war  the  William  Field  house 
was  garrisoned,  and  escaped  the  conflagration  of  March,  1676,  remaining 
untiri772,  when  it  was  purchased  by  Joseph  Brown.  John  and  William  Field 
were  large  land  owners  in  Rhode  Island,  and  the  latter  gave  his  name  to 
Field's  Point,  the  homestead  of  later  generations,  where  eight  hundred 
acres  were  included  in  his  possessions.     William  Field  married  Deborah 

,  and  died  in  1665  without  issue.     Thotnas  Field,  his   nephew,  who 

may  have  been  son  of  John,  became  his  heir. 

The  history  of  the  early  Fields  is  somewhat  obscure.  It  is  believed, 
though  positive  proof  is  lacking,  that  John  and  William  Field  were  brothers, 
sons  of  William,  and  grandsons  of  Sir  John  Field,  the  astronomer  of  Ards- 
ley,a  village  between  Wakefield  and  Bradford,  in  the  West  Ridmg  of  I'ork- 
shire.  Hubertus  de  la  Feld,  the  progenitor  of  the  English  Fields,  who  is 
said  to  have  accompanied  William  the  Conqueror  to  England,  traced  his 
family  back  to  the  Chateau  de  la  Feld,  near  Colmar,  a  town  southwest  of 
8trasburgh  in  Alsatia,  where  the  counts  of  that  name  had  been  seated  for 
centuries.  The  cathedral  of  Strasburgh  received  many  benefactions  at  their 
hands,  and,  in  the  chantries  they  founded,  several  of  the  family  were  inter- 
red. The  arms  of  the  Yorkshire  Fields,  "  Sable  a  chevron  between  three 
garbs  argent,  '  were  confirmed  to  Sir  John  in  1558,  and  an  additional  crest 
granted  in  recognition  of  his  services  to  science.  "A  dexter  arm  issuing 
out  of  clouds,  proper,  pessways,  habited  Gules,  holding  in  the  hand,  also 
proper,  a  sphere  Or." 

John  Field,  of  Providence  (name  of  wife  not  known),  died  in  1686, 
leaving  four  children  :  Hannah,  the  eldest,  married  James  Matthewson, 
and  had  a  daughter,  Isabel,  wife  of  John  Brown^.  Ruth,  the  youngest 
child,  married  Jan.  7,  1669,  John  Angell,-  son  of  Thomas^.  Their  daugh- 
ter, Mercy,  b.  1675,  married  Benjamin  Smith.  {See  Nos.  3  and  22).  Thomas 
Field,  nephew  and  heir  of  William,  married  Martha  Harris,  daughter  of 
the  first  Thomas.  She  inherited  by  will  the  Home  Lot  of  her  father, 
which  was  separated  from  that  of  John  Field,  on  the  south,  by  the  Home 
Lot  of  Joshua  Winsor.  Of  their  six  children,  the  descendants  of  their 
son,  William  Field,  were,  in  two  instances,  allied  to  the  Browns  by  mar- 
riage.    He  was  born  June  8,  1682,  died  Nov.  1,  1729  :  married  Mary , 

and  had  eight  children,  the  eldest  of  whom,  Martha  Field,  married  Joseph 
Brown  {See  No.  9).  Charles  Field,  the  youngest,  born  Feb.  6,  1614,  married 
Wait  Dexter*  {Stephen,^  Stephen,'^  Gregory'^).  Their  daughter.  Wait  Field, 
married  John  Brown,  eldest  son  of  Dep.  Gov.  Elisha  {See  No.  29).  The 
Field  Genealogy,  a  pamphlet  of  65  pages,  was  printed  in  Providence  in 
1878,  compiled  by  Mrs.  Harriet  A.  Brownell. 

PHILIP  FRANCIS.* 

Phili])  Francis^  was  Mayor  of  Plymouth,  England,  in  1644.  His  son, 
Rev.  John  Francis,-  D.  D.,  was  Dean  of  Leighlin,  Ireland.  His  grandson, 
Rev.  John  Francis,  =>  D.  D.,  Dean  of  Lismore,  Ireland,  and  Rector  of  St. 
Mary's  Church,  Dublin,  married Tench  of  Dublin,  and  had  three 

*  Communicated  by  the  family. 


148  The  Chad  Browx  Memorial. 

sons,  TencJi,  Richard,  an  eminent  lawyer,  and  Philip,  who  entered  the 
church,  and  was  the  father  of  Sir  Philip  Francis,  the  reputed  author  of 
'■  Junius."  Of  these.  Tench  Francis  emigrated  to  Maryland,  where  he  mar- 
ried Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Foster  Turbutt,  of  Kent  Co.  He  removed  to 
Philadelphia,  and  was  Attorney-General  of  the  Province  of  Pennsylvania. 
He  died  Aug.  14.  1758,  leaving  a  son,  Tench  Francis,  merchant,  born  1730, 
died  May  1,  1800,  who  married,  Feb.  8,  1762,  Anne,  daughter  of  Charles 
and  Anne  (Shippen)  Willing,  born  July  16,  1733,  died  Jan.  2.  1812.  The 
latter  were  the  parents  of  John  Francis,  who  married  Abby,  daughter  of 
John  Brown,  merchant,  of  Providence.     (Sec  No.  40.) 

Charles  Willing,  merchant,  son  of  Thomas  and  Anne  (Harrison)  Willing, 
born  in  Bristol,  Eng.,  May  18,  1710,  emigrated  to  Philadelphia  in  1729,  and 
became  Mayor  of  the  city.  He  died  Nov.  30,  1754,  of  ship  fever,  con- 
tracted while  in  the  discharge  of  his  official  duties.  Anne  Harrison  was 
grand-daughter,  paternally,  of  Gen.  Harrison,  the  Regicide,  and  maternally, 
of  Simon  Mayne,  also  one  of  the  regicides. 

WILLIAM  GODDARD. 

The  Goddard  family  in  America  is  said  to  have  descended  from  William 
Goddard,  second  son  of  Edward  and  Priscilla  (D'Oyley)  Goddard,  of  Ingle- 
sham,  Wiltshire,  Eng.,  who  emigrated  to  New  England  in  1666,  after  the 
great  tire  in  London  by  wiiich  he  was  a  sufferer,  and  settled  in  Watertown, 
Mass.* 

The  ancestor  of  Edward  Goddard  was  Walter  Goddard ville,  who,  in  the 
time  of  Henry  HI.,  had  lands  in  North  Wilts,  was  madecastellarof  Devizes 
Castle  in  1231,  and  died  in  1273. .  The  Norman  termination— ?'?M6— which 
he  added  to  his  Saxon  name  Goddard,  was  dropped  by  his  descendants. 
The  mother  of  William  Goddard  was  from  the  ancient  family  of  D'Oyley 
in  Oxfordshire,  who  came  to  England  with  the  Conqueror,  were  barons  of 
Hokenorton,  and  built  Oxford  Castle  and  Osenay  Al)bey.  William  Goddard 
married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Benjamin  or  William  Miles,  of  London,  aud 
was  ancestor  of  Giles  Goddard,  postmaster  and  physician  of  New  London, 
CJonn.,  who  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Lodowick  and  Abigail  (Newton) 
Updike,  grand-daughter  of  Thomas  and  Joan  (Smith)  Newton,  aud 
also  grand-daughter  of  Gilbert  and  Katharine  (Smith)  op  Dyck.  Joan  and 
Katharine  Smith  were  daughters  of  Richard  Smith,  of "  Glocestershire, 
Eng.,  the  first  white  settler  in  the  Narragansett  country,  who  purchased  a 
tract  of  the  Indians,  erected  a  trading  house,  and  gave  free  entertainment 
to  travellers  as  early  as  1641.  Gilbert  or  Gysbert  op  Dyck,  a  physician  who 
settled  at  Loyd's  Neck,  L.  I.,  aud  afterwards  removed  to  Kings  Town, 
R.  I.,  was  sou  of  Lodowick  and  Gertrude  (Van  Vesek)  op  ten  Dyck,  born 
in  Wesel,  Germauj^,  in  1605.  This  line  has  been  traced  through  eight 
generations  to  Henrick  op  ten  Dyck,f  burgomaster  in  Wesel  from  1333- 
1368.  Wesel  is  a  city  of  Rhenish  Prussia,  on  the  right  bank  of  the  Rhine, 
near  the  confluence  of  the  Lippe,  in  the  district  of  Dusseldorf. 

WiUiant  Goddard,  son  of  Dr.  Giles,  born  in  1740,  after  learning  the  print- 
er's trade  in  New  York,  removed  to  Providence,  where  he  established  the 
first  printing  press  in  that  town,:]:  and  conunenced  the  publication  of  the 
Gazette  and  Country  Journal.  Not  meeting  with  sufficient  encouragement, 
he  went,  successively,  to  New  York,  Philadelphia  and  Baltimore,  where  he 
engaged  in  newspaper  enterprises.  In  the  latter  city,  he  founded  the 
Maryland  Journal  and  Baltimore  Advertiser,  the  first  issue  of  which 
appeared  Aug.  20,  1773  and  was  published  under  that  name  until  abo\it 
the  close  of  the  century,  when,  in  consequence  of  a  change  of  proprietors, 
it  assumed  the  title  of   The  Baltimore  American.     The  Anniversary  num- 

*  See  New  England  Hist,  and  Genealogical  Reg.,  July,  1874. 

tThe  Opdyck  Genealogy,  now  in  course  of  preparation,  is  soon  to  be  privately  printed 
in  New  York.    This  surname,  in  Rhode  Island,  is  written  Updike. 
t  Oct.  26,  1762. 


Appendix.  149 

ber  of  Aug.  20,  1883,  of  The  Baltimore  American  and  Commercial  Adver- 
tiser, devotes  several  columns  to  the  life  of  William  Goddanl,  which  is 
illustrated  by  a  tine  wood  cut,  from  a  portrait  in  possession  of  one  of  his 
grandsons  in  Providence. 

William  Goddard  is  regarded  as  the  founder  of  our  postal  service, 
which  was  adopted  in  1775,  when  he  was  appointed  Surveyor  of  the  Post- 
roads  and  Comptroller  of  the  Post  Office,  under  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin,  the 
first  Postmaster  General.  He  returned  to  Rhode  Island  in  1792,  was 
elected  to  the  Legislature  in  1795,  and  died  in  Providence  Dec,  1817,  at  the 
age  of  seventy  seven  years.  He  married  Abigail, ^  daughter  of  Brig.  Gen. 
James,-*  and  Mar}' (Mawney)  Angell,  {John,^  James,^  Thomas'^).  Their  son, 
William  Giles  Goddard,  born  .Jan.  2,  1794,  died,  Feb.  16,  1846,  mamed 
Charlotte  E.,  daughter  of  Thomas  P.  and  Hope  (Brown)  Ives.  {See  No.  72). 

JOHN  GREENE.  OF  WARWICK. 

The  Greenes  are  an  ancient  family  of  Northamptonshire,  England,  whose 
exact  records  date  from  the  beginning  of  the  13th  century.  John  Greene,* 
the  emigrant  (Richard,^  Bicliard,-  Roberf^),  a  surgeon  in  Salisbury,  b. 
1597,  at  Bowridge  Hall,  Gillingham,  Dorsetshire,  married,  Nov.  4,  1619, 
Joan  Tattersall.  With  his  family  of  four  sons  and  two  daughters,  he 
and  his  wife  came  to  New  England  in  the  Spring  of  1635,  and  were,  for  a 
tune,  at  Boston,  and  afterwards  at  Salem.  Incurring  the  displeasure  of 
the  Massachusetts  authorities  for  "speaking  contemptuously  of  Magis- 
trates," he  removed  in  1637  to  Providence,  where  he  became  one  of  the 
thirteen  original  proprietors  (the  tifth  named  in  the  Initial  Deed),  and  one 
of  the  twelve  members  of  the  First  Baptist  Church.  His  Home  Lot  was 
partly  bounded,  on  the  north,  by  the  present  Star  street. 

In  Nov.  1642,  he  bought  of  Miantouomi,  the  Indian  Chief,  a  tract  of 
land  (Spring  Green  Farm),  which  remained  in  the  familj'  until  1782,  when 
it  was  purchased  by  .John  Brown,  the  merchant,  and  is  now  occupied  by 
the  heirs  of  his  daughter  Abby,  who  married  John  Francis.  The  house, 
erected  on  this  land  by  his  son,  John  Greene,  Jr.,  afterwards  Deputy- 
Governor,  is  still  standing  in  good  preservation. 

In  1643,  John  Greene,  Sr.,  with  ten  others,  bought  land  of  the  Indians 
(Shawomet),  to  which  they  gave  the  name  of  Warwick.  In  behalf  of  the 
colonists  he  visited  England  in  1644,  accompanied  by  Samuel  Gorton  and 
Randall  H olden.  He  was  a  leading  citizen  of  Warwick,  and  influential  in 
the  affairs  of  the  Colony  of  Rhode  Island.  The  seal  which  he  used  was 
engraved  with  the  arms  of  the  Northamptonshire  Greene?.* 

Hemairied,  second,  widow  Alice  Daniels,  and,  third,  Philippa ,  who 

survived  him  thirty  years.  Theie  was  no  issue  by  either  of  these  mar- 
riages. Five  of  his  children  became  heads  of  families,  and  the  descendants 
of  his  forty  graudchiklren  are  numerous  in  the  line  of  both  sous  and 
daughters.  James  Greene,  fourth  son  of  John,  Sr..  b.  1626,  married 
Deliverance,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Isabel  Potter.  Their  son  James,  b. 
June  1,  1658,  married.  Jan.  29,  1689,  Mary,  daughter  of  Capt.  John  and 
Margaret  Fones.  The  latter  were  the  parents  of  Rev.  Elisha  Greene,  born 
Aug.  5,  1698,  who  married  Martha  Brown,  daughter  of  Elder  James.  {See 
A7y.'4  ) 

THOMAS  AND  WILLIAM  HARRIS. 

It  is  conjectured,  in  the  absence  of  positive  proof,  that  Thomas  and  Wil- 
liam Harris,  brothers,  were  born  in  Haverford  West,  Pembrokesliire,  South 
Wales.  They  sailed,  in  company  with  Roger  Williams,  in  the  ship  Lyon, 
from  Bristol, 'England,  Dec.  1,  1630,  and  lalided  at  Nantasket,  Feb.  5,  1631. 
Thomas  Harris  signed  the  compacts  of  1637  and  1640,  was  admitted  Free- 
man in  1655,  and  served  frequently  as  Commissioner,  Juryman,  Deputy, 

*  For  Coat  of  Arms,  see  America  Heraldica. 


150  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

and  as  member  of  the  Town  Council.  In  his  capacity  of  surveyor  lie  laid 
out  lands,  and  was  a  member  of  the  committee  appointed,  in  1665,  to  run 
the  seven  mile  line.  It  would  seem  that  he  had  the  courage  of  his  con  - 
victions,  for,  on  a  visit  to  Boston  in  1658,  when  he  publiclj^  denounced  the 
"  pride  and  oppression  "  of  the  people,  and  warned  them  of  that  "dread- 
ful, terrible  day  of  the  Lord  God  which  was  coming  upon  them,"  he  was 
arrested,  imprisoned,  and  twice  punished  with  stripes.  {See  Bishop's  "New 
England  Judged") 

His  Home  lot,  on  the  Towne  street,  adjoining  that  of  Joshua  Winsor  on  the 
south,  became,  in  1691,  the  property  of  Thomas  Field,  who  married  Mar 
tha  Harris,'^  youngest  daughter  of  Thomas.  He  married  Elizabeth  —  , 
and  died  June  7,  1686,  leaving  a  sou  Thomas,''  and  two  daughters.  Mary'^  and 
Martha.-  Thomas  Harris,-  married  Elnathan,  daughter  of  Richard  and 
Mary  (Clark)  Tew,  and  had  a  son  William,  born  May  11,  1673,  who  mar- 
ried Abigail .  Their  daughter,  Dorcas  Harris,  born  May  16,  1704,  mar- 
ried Daniel  Smith.  The  latter  were  the  parents  of  Sarah  Smith,  wife  of 
John  Brown,  merchant.     {See  Nos.  9,  22  and  29. ) 

WILLIAM  HARRIS,  born  in  1610,  was  one  of  the  live  companions  of 
Roger  Williams  in  the  canoe,  when  they  left  Seekonk  to  found  the  new 
settlement  of  Providence.  In  1638  he  received  a  grant  of  land  from  Roger 
Williams  (the  seventh  named  in  the  Initial  Deed),  was  one  of  the  twelve 
original  members  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  iu  1639,  and  signed  the 
agreement  of  1640.  His  Home  Lot,  on  the  Towne  Street,  midwaj'  be- 
tween what  are  now  Bowen  and  Cushing  streets  became  the  property  of 
Daniel  Brown,  who  sold  it,  in  1705,  to  Daniel  Williams.  Serious  disagree- 
ment soon  arose  between  William  Harris  and  Roger  Williams  in  regard 
to  the  Pawtuxet  Purchase  and  the  treatment  of  the  Quakers,  Avhose  cause 
Harris  espoused.  The  controversy  in  regard  to  the  Pawtuxet  Purchase, 
which  was  marked  by  the  most  bitter  invective  on  both  sides,  extended 
over  a  period  of  many  years,  and  was  tinally  settled  after  the  death  of 
Harris,  in  accordance  with  the  views  to  which  he  had  so  tenaciously  clung. 

He  possessed  strong  intellectual  ability,  a  powerful  will,  and  extensive 
and  accurate  knowledge  of  the  law.  As  agent  of  the  Pawtuxet  proprie- 
tors he  visited  England  three  times,  in  1663,  1675  and  1679.  In  December 
of  the  latter  year,  he  again  embarked  for  England,  in  the  same  interests,  on 
the  ship  Unity,  Capt.  Condy.  A  month  later,  the  vessel  was  captured  by 
an  Algerine  corsair,  and  he,  with  others,  was  .sold  into  bondage  in  Algiers. 
After  more  than  a  year's  slavery  he  was  ransomed  by  the  payment  of 
£1,200,  to  which  sum  Connecticut,  in  whose  service  he  had  engaged,  con- 
tributed nearly  £300.  On  his  release  he  traveled  through  Spain  and 
France  to  London,  arriving  in  Mai'ch,  1681.  Worn  out  by  the  hardships  he 
had  experienced,  he  died  three  days  afterward,  at  the  house  of  his  friend, 
John  Stokes,  in  Wentworth  street,  near  Spitaltields,  London.  His  widow, 
Susannah,  survived  him  but  a  short  time. 

Of  their  five  children,  Andrew,  the  eldest,  born  in  1635,  married,  Dec.  8, 
1670,  Mary,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Mary  (Clarke)  Tew.  Their  eldest 
child,  Mary,  became  the  wife  of  Elder  James  Brown.  Toleration  Harris, 
youngest  child  of  William  and  Susannah,  married  Sarah  Foster,  and  had  a 
daughter,  Marj^  who  married  her  cousin  Obadiah  Brown  son  of  Elder 
James.     {See  Nos.  4  and  12). 

OBADIAH  HOLMES. 

Obadiah  Holmes  was  born  in  Preston,  Lancashire,  Eng.,  in  1607,  of  par- 
ents who,  to  use  his  own  words,  "  were  faithful  in  their  generation  and  of 
good  report  among  men,  and  brought  up  their  children  tenderly  and  honor- 
ably." Three  of  their  sons  were  educated  at  the  University  of  Oxford.  It 
is  known  that  he  had  a  brother  Robert,  and  sisters  who  lived  in  the  parish 
of  Manchester.      He  married  Katharine ,  about  1636,  and  .soon  after 


Appendix.  151 

emigrated  to  New  England.  He  was  in  Salem,  Mass.,  in  1639,  where  he 
had  two  acres  granted,  being  one  of  the  "  glassmen,"  or  manufacturers  of 
glass.  His  daughter  Martha,  and  sons,  Ohadinh  and  Sauiiiel,  were  ba~|5tized 
in  Salem  between  1640  and  1644.  He  removed  to  Rehoboth,  Mass.,  in  1646, 
and  from  thence,  about  1650,  went  to  Newport,  R.  I.  This  last  removal 
was  in  cf)nsequence  of  a  change  in  his  religious  views,  he  having  left  the 
Congregational  Church  and  joined  the  Bajitists.  With  eight  others,  after 
many  conflicts,  he  separated  from  the  church  of  the  Rev.  Samuel  Newman, 
in  Rehoboth.  They  were  all  re-baptized  and  formed  anew  organization,  of 
which  Mr.  Holmes  was  chosen  pastor.  In  Rhode  Island  he  purchased  and 
settled  upon  a  tract  of  land  formerly  l)elonging  to  the  Hutchinsons,  in  the 
eastern  part  of  the  township  of  Newport,  now  Middletowu. 

The  farm  consisted  originally  of  four  hundred  acres,  and  included  the 
third  beach.  It  is  not  now  in  possession  of  his  descendants,  having  been 
sold  in  recent  j'ears,  and  in  a  neglected  and  unimproved  state  is  rented  to 
tenants,  who  occupy  the  plain  farm  house  which  stands  upon  the  site  of 
the  building  he  erected,  and  upon  the  original  cellar  walls.  A  portion  of 
the  old  mansion  w^as  removed  to  one  side,  where  it  is  in  use  as  a  carriage 
house.  The  mile  long  ditch  built  by  Obadiah  Holmes  to  drain  the  land, 
can  still  be  plainly  traced.  This  farm  reached  its  highest  state  of  cultiva- 
tion in  the  time  of  John  Holmes,-^  grandson  of  Obadiah,  and  son  of  Jona- 
than. He  was  the  last  male  of  the  Holmes  familj'  on  the  Island,  and  died 
at  an  advanced  age  in  Newport.  His  sister,  Martha  Holmes,  ^  was  m.  May 
3,  1693,  to  Philip  Tillinghast-  (Pardoni).  Their  daughter,  Anne  Tilling- 
hast,*  became  the  wife  of  her  first  cousin,  Nicholas  Power,  ^  son  of  Nicho- 
las^ and  ]VIercy  (Tillinghast)  Power.  The  latter  were  the  parents  of  Eliza- 
beth Power,  ^  wife  of  Joseph  Brown.     {See  No.  21). 

In  1651  occurred  the  event  which  has  given  immortality  to  the  name  of 
Obadiah  Holmes,  as  the  first  martyr  to  religious  liberty  in  the  Colony.*  In 
July  of  that  year,  he,  in  company  with  John  Crand'all  and  John  Clarke, 
arrived  in  Lynn,  Mass.,  on  a  visit  to  William  Witter,  an  aged  member  of 
the  church  in  Newport.  The  following  Sunday,  as  Mr.  Clarke  was  preach- 
ing to  a  small  assembly  in  the  house,  he  was  arrested  with  his  companions, 
and  the  next  day  all  were  sent  to  prison  in  Boston.  Mr.  Clarke  was  tried 
for  the  crime  of  preaching  the  gospel  and  administering  the  sacrament 
while  under  sentence  of  excommunication,  of  disclaiming  against  the 
sprinkling  of  infants,  and  similar  charfyes.  Snlj  31,  sentence  was  passed. 
Mr.  Holmes  was  fined  £30,  Mr.  Clarke,  £20,  and  Mr.  Crandall  £5.  In  de- 
fault of  the  fine  they  were  to  be  publicly  whipped.  Elder  Clarke's  fine  was 
paid  by  his  friends,  and  Elder  Crandall  was  released  on  bail,  but  Elder 
Holmes  preferred  to  submit  to  punishment,  rather  than  to  acknowledge 
that  he  was  in  the  wrong.  He  was  kept  in  prison  until  September,  when 
he  received  the  infiiction  of  thirty  stripes.  The  sentence  was  executed  with 
such  severity  that  those  who,  in  after  j'ears,  saw  the  scars  upon  his  back, 
(which  he  was  wont  to  call  the  marks  of  the  Lord  Jesus)  expressed  a 
wonder  that  he  should  survive.  In  a  manuscript  of  Gov.  Joseph  Jenckes  it 
is  recorded  "  that  in  many  days,  if  not  some  weeks,  he  could  take  no  rest 
but  as  he  lay  upon  his  knees  and  elbows."  He  was  advised  to  make  his 
escape  by  night,  and  says  :  "I  departed,  and  the  next  day  after,  while  I 
was  on  my  journey,  the  constables  came  to  search  at  the  house  where  I 
lodged,  so  I  escaped  their  hands,  and  was  by  the  good  hand  of  my 
Heavenly  Father  brought  home  again  to  my  wife  and  eight  children.  The 
brethren  of  our  town  and  Providence  having  taken  pains  to  meet  me  four 
miles  in  the  woods,  where  we  rejoiced  together  in  the  Lord." 

In  1652  he  was  chosen  Pastor  of  the  First  Baptist  church  in  Newport, 
succeeding  the  Rev.  John  Clarke  in  the  ministry,  and  so  continued  till  his 
death,  which  occurred  on  the  15th  of  Oct.,  1682,  in  the  76th  year  of  his 
age.     He  was  buried  in  his  own  field  on  the  Middletown  farm,  and  a  small 

*  See  Backus'  and  Benedict's  Histories  of  the  Baptist  denomination. 


152  Thk  Chad  Brown  Memoeial. 

stone  erected  to  his  memory.  This  inclosure,  which  was  used  by  several  • 
generations  as  a  burial  place,  is  still  intact.  His  wife  did  not  long  survive 
him  and  was  Imried  by  his  side,  where  a  stone,  with  the  inscription  of  her 
name,  but  not  the  date  of  her  death,  marks  the  spot.  Her  character  has 
been  handed  down  by  tradition  as  one  of  the  most  amiable  of  women,  and 
one  who  had  secured,  in  an  eminent  degree,  the  affection  of  her  husband, 
as  appears  bj^  his  address  to  her,  still  extant  in  manuscript.  Many  of  his 
writings  have  been  preserved,  among  which  are  the  thirty- live  articles  of 
his  religious  lielief,  and  various  addresses  to  his  wife,  his  children,  the 
church  and  the  world.  Obadiah  Holmes  was  admitted  Freeman  in  1656, 
was  Commissioner  from  1656-'58,  and  was  frequently  a  member  of  the 
General  Assembly. 

Of  his  eight  children,  four  sons  and  four  daughters,  six  became  heads 
of  families,  and  his  grand-children  numl)ered  forty.  His  eldest  son, 
Obadiah,  removed  to  Cohansey,  N.  J.,  where  he  was  for  twelve  years  a 
Judge  of  the  Court  in  Salem  county.  The  Holmes  Posterity  multiplied  so 
rapidly,  that  their  number  was  estimated,  in  1790,  at  not  less  than  five 
thousand.  His  name  was  held  in  such  reverence  that  there  were  few  fami- 
lies among  his  descendants  in  which  an  Obadiah  was  wanting,  and  in  Rhode 
Island,  at  the  present  time,  most  of  the  possessors  of  that  name  trace  their 
lineage  to  this  one  ancestor.  His  surname  was  originally  Hiillme,  and  his 
will,  dated  April  9,  1681,  now  in  possession  of  Henry  Bull,  Esq.,  of  New- 
port, bears  that  signature. 

In  the  reading-room  of  the  Long  Island  Historical  Society,  Brooklyn, 
stands  a  pendulum  clock  in  good  running  order,  with  this  inscription :  "  This 
Clock  was  Presented  b}'  John  H.  Baker,  Esq,  of  Brooklyn,  in  3Iay,  1869,  to 
the  Long  Island  Historical  Society.  The  Clock  has  been  running  for  over 
200  years.  It  was  brought  to  this  country  from  London  iu  1639,  by  the  Rev. 
Obadiah  Holmes,  at  whose  death  it  passed  to  his  oldest  (living)  son,  Jona- 
than, then  to  Jonathan's  son,  Joseph,  who  left  it  to  his  son,  John  Holmes, 
who  was  the  great-grandfather  of  the  donor." 

Mary  Holiias,  eldest  child  of  Obadiah  and  Katharine,  became  the  wife  of 
John  Brown,-  {See  No.  2.)  (For  a  more  extended  account  of  Obadiaii 
Holmes,  consult  Benedict's  Historj'  of  the  Baptists  ) 

TH03IAS  OLNEY. 

Thomas  Olney,  born  in  1600,  was  a  native  of  St.  Albans,  Hertford  Co., 
Eng.  He  married  Mary  Small,  born  iu  1605.  With  his  wife  and  two  chil- 
dren he  came  in  the  ship  Planter  to  JNew  England  in  1635,  and  settled  in 
Salem,  where  he  was  admitted  Freeman  in  1637,  and  received  a  grant  of 
land.  Being  warned  to  depart  from  Massachusetts  in  1638,  he  followed 
Roger  Williams  to  Providence,  where  he  became  one  of  the  thirteen  origi- 
nal proprietors,  and  one  of  the  founders  of  the  First  Baptist  Church.  He 
signed  the  agreement  of  1640,  was  frequently  Assistant,  Commissioner, 
Deputy,  member  of  the  Town  Council,  and,  in  1*669,  was  elected  Town  Treas- 
urer. His  Home  Lot  on  the  Towne  Slreete  adjoined  that  of  Thomas  Angell 
on  the  north,  and  was  nearly  midway  between  the  present  Meeting  and 
Angell  streets.  He  was  by  trade  a  shoemaker,  and  also  a  surveyor.  His 
death  occvu-red  in  1682,  as  his  will  was  proved  ( >ct.  17th  of  that  year. 

Of  his  seven  children,  T/tomas,~  Epenetus,-  Mary,'-  and  Lyr/iV/- became 
heads  of  families;  and  his  descendants,  both  in  the  male  and  female  line, 
are  numerous. 

TlunnaH  OJney,-  the  eldest  son.  was  ordained  Pastor  of  the  First  Baptist 
church  in  1668.  Epenetvs  0?/;^//,-  a  tavernkeeper  in  Providence,  married 
March  9,  1666,  Mary  Whipple,-  daughter  of  John^  aud  Sarah.  Their  son. 
Captain  James  Olney,-''  married  Hallelujah  Brown,  =>  a  grand-daughter  of 
Chad.  Another  sou,  Epenetas  Olney,''  married  Mary  Williams, -^  grand- 
daughter of  Roger.  Lydia  Olney, '^  youngest  child  of  Thomas'  and  Mary, 
married  Joseph  Williams^  son  of  Roger.     {Sec  Nejs.  12,  16,  23,  35,  36,  105.) 


Appendix.  153 

NICHOLAS  POWER. 

Nicholas  Power  was,  by  tradition,  from  Ireland,  or  of  Irish  descent. 
He  was  in  Providence  as  early  as  1640,  when  he  signed  the  ag-reement,  and 
received  a  grant  of  land.  His  Home  Lot  was  directly  south  of  the  present 
Power  street.  He  subsequently  acquired  by  purchase  the  home  lots  adjoin- 
ing his  own,  both  on  the  north  and  south.  He  was  constable  in  1649, 
admitted  Freeman  in  1655,  was  juryman  the  same  year,  and  Surveyor  of 
Highways  in  1656.  He  died  Aug.  25,  1657,  intestate,  and  ten  years  later, 
"  the  children  coming  near  the  age  of  possessing,"  the  Town  Council  made 
his  will,  and  disposed  of  his  estate.  To  his  widow  .lane,  was  granted  the 
dwelling  house,  home  lot,  and  other  lands,  during  her  life.  He  left  two 
children,  JS'icholas.-  and  Hope.-  NicJwlKS-  married,  Feb.  3,  1672,  Rebecca, 
daughter  of  Zachariah  and  Joanna  (Arnold)  Rhodes.  He  was  accidentally 
shot  at  the  Great  Swamp  Fight  in  Narrangansett,  Dec.  19,  1675,  leaving 
two  children,  Hope,^  who  died  young,  and  Nicholas,  ^  who  married,  second, 
Mercy,  daughter  of  Pardon  and  Lydia  (Taber)  Tillinghast.  Their  daughter, 
Hope  Power,  ^  born  Jan.  4,  1701,  became  the  wife  of  James  Brown,  son  of 
Elder  James.  Another  daughter,  Sarah  Power, -^  married  William  Bur- 
rough.  A  son,  Nicholas  Power,*  married  Anne  Tillinghast,  and  had  a 
daughter,  Elizabeth^  who  married  her  cousin,  Joseph  Brown.  {See  Nos.  8, 
21,  134.) 

ZACHARIAH  RHODES. 

Zachariah  Rhodes  was  born  in  1603,  in  the  southern  part  of  England. 
He  was  a  settler  in  Rehoboth,  ]Mass.,  where  his  estate  was  rated  in  1643  at 
£50.  July  3,  1644,  he,  with  twenty- nine  others,  signed  the  Seekonk  Com- 
pact.  He  afterwards  removed  to  Pawtuxet,  R.  I.,  where  he  became  a  large 
landholder.  His  name  occurs  frequently  in  the  public  records  as  Freeman, 
Commissioner,  Constable,  Juryman,  Deputy,  and  as  a  member  of  various 
committees.  He  was  Town  Treasurer  in  1665,  and  was  also  in  the  Town 
Council.  He  married  Joanna,  daughter  of  William  and  Christian  (Peake) 
Arnold,  and  had  eight  children.  Of  these,  four  sons  and  two  daughters 
married,  and  left  numerous  descendants.  His  death  occurred  in  the  Spring 
of  1666,  when  he  was  drowned  "  otf  Pawtuxet  shoare."  His  wife  survived 
him  many  years,  and  died  after  1692. 

Malachi  Rhodes,  second  son  of  Zachariah,  married  Mary  Carder,  and  had 
a  daughter,  Mary,  who  became  the  wife  of  Richard  Brown.  ^  son  of  Henry i. 
Their  son,  William  Brown,*  b.  June  3,  1705,  married  Susannah  Dexter,  and 
had  a  daughter,  FreeJove,  *  who  was  married  to  James  Brown,  son  of  Dei^.- 
Gov.  Elisha.     {See  No.  m.) 

Rebekdh  Rhodes,  third  daughter  of  Zachariah,  was  early  left  a  widow  by 
the  death  of  her  husband,  Nicholas  Power-.  She  married,  second,  Daniel 
Williams,  =^  son  of  Roger,  and  had  seven  children.  Of  these,  a  son,  Roger,* 
born  ^lay,  1680,  had  a  daughter,  Rebekah  Williams,*  who  married  David 
Thayer.  The  latter  were  the  pai'ents  of  Williams  Thayer, "  who  married 
Sarah  Adams,  and  had  a  daughter,  Harriott,"  who  became  the  wife  of  the 
Hon.  Patrick  Brown,  of  Nassau,  New  Providence.  By  the  marriage  of  their 
daughter,  Sophia  Augusta,  to  John  Carter  Brown,  a  descendant  in  the  sixth 
generation  of  Rebekah  Rhodes  and  her  first  husband,  Nicholas  Power, - 
the  two  lines  of  the  posterity  of  Rebekah  Rhodes  were  united.     {See  No.  71.) 

John  Rhodes,  fourth  son  of  Zachariah,  born  in  1658,  married  Waite,^ 
daughter  of  Resolved  and  Mercy  (Williams^)  Waterman,  and  had  a  son,  Wil- 
liam Rhodes,*  born  July  14,  1695,  who  married  Dec.  18,  1721,  Mary,  dau. 
of  Nehemiah  and  Rachel  (Mann)  Sheldon.  Theix  eldest  child,  Waitstill 
Rhodes,^  born  Feb.  8,  1722,  married  Jeremiah  Brown,  son  of  Elder  James, 
and,  second,  George  Corlis.     {See  Nos.  13  and  74.) 

11 


154  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

RICHARD   SCOTT. 

Richard  Scott,  boru  in  1607,  is  supposed  to  have  descended  from  the 
Scotts  of  Kent  Co.,  England.  This  family  trace  their  origin  to  William 
Baliol  le  Scot,  a  younger  brother  of  John  Baliol,  King  of  Scotland.  To 
avoid  the  persecution  of  Edward  I.,  he  dropped  the  surname  Baliol,  and 
assumed  the  name  of  William  Scott.  The  old  Norman  Church  at  Brad- 
bourne,  Kent,  contains  many  monuments  of  the  Scotts  of  Scott's  Hall. 
(See  Hasted's  History  of  Kent.)  The  immediate  ancestors  of  Richard  were 
seated  in  the  parish  of  Glemsford,  Suffolk  Co.,  about  the  middle  of  the 
16th  century.  It  has  been  stated  that  he  was  the  eldest  son  and  heir  of 
Richard  and  Margaret  (Haney)  Scott,  and  grandson  of  Edward  Scott  He 
came  to  New  England  in  the  ship  Orifflit  in  1634,  in  company  with  William 
Hutchinson  and  his  wife,  the  famous  Anne  Hutchinson,  and  her  sister, 
Katharine  Marbury,  whom  he  afterwards  married.  The  Marburys  were  an 
ancient  family  in  Lincolnshire.  Katharine,  boru  in  1617,  was  daughter  of 
Rev.  Francis  and  Bridget  (Drj'den)  Marlnuy.  Her  father  was  Preacher 
and  Parson  of  St.  Martin's  in  the  Yintry,  London.  Her  mother  was  sister 
of  Sir  Erasmus  Dryden,  Bart.,  grandfather  of  the  poet  Dryden. 

Richard  Scott  first  settled  in  Ipswich,  Mass.,  but  soon  removed  to  Provi- 
dence, where  he  signed  the  compacts  of  1687  and  1640.  and  was  admitted 
Freeman  in  1655.  In  1650  he  was  taxed  £3,  6s..  8d.*  His  Home  Lot  on 
the  Towne  Streete  adjoined  that  of  William  Field,  on  the  north.  The  pres- 
ent George  Street  was  laid  out  through  a  portion  of  this  land.  At  a  later 
period  he  bought  the  home  lots  of  Widow  Reeve  and  Joshua  Verm,  now 
separated  by  Church  Street.  His  residence  was  at  this  locality,  as  was  also 
that  of  William  and  Mary  Dyer.  It  is  said  that  from  her  home  at  this 
place,  Mary  Dyer  went  forth,  in  1660,  to  her  martyrdom  on  Boston  Com- 
mon.f  He  owned  a  large  estate  in  Smithfleld,  R.  I.,  a  portion  of  which  re- 
mained in  possession  of  his  heirs  until  about  1825,  when  Jeremiah  Scott 
sold  it  to  the  Lonsdale  Company.  The  manufacturing  village  of  Lonsdale 
is  built  ujion  this  land.  To  his  daughter  Mari/,  and  her  husband  Chri.sto- 
pher  Holder,  he  gave  Patience  Island,  in  Narrangansett  Bay. 

Richard  Scottj  and  his  wife  were  among  the  first  to  join  the  Society  of 
Friends  in  New  England.  Persecution  immediately  arose,  and,  in  1658, 
Katharine  Scott,  while  on  a  vi.sit  to  her  imprisoned  brethren  in  Boston,  was 
herself  arrested,  and  thrown  into  confinement,  for  protesting  against  the 
unjust  course  of  the  authorities.  These  were  her  words  :  "That  it  was 
evident  they  were  going  to  act  the  works  of  darkness,  or  else  they  would 
have  brought  them  forth  publich^  and  have  declared  their  offences  that  all 
may  hear  and  fear."  For  this  utterance,  by  order  of  the  court,  she  received 
"  ten  cruel  stripes  with  a  three-fold  corded  knotted  whip."  The  immediate 
occasion  of  this  expression  of  her  views,  was  the  cutting  off,  in  Boston,  of 
the  right  ear  of  her  future  son-in-law,  Christopher  Holder,  for  the  crime  of 
being  a  Quaker.  The  following  year,  her  daughter  Patience,  eleven  years 
of  age,  having  gone  to  Boston  as  a  witness  against  the  persecutions  of  the 
Quakers,  was  sent  to  prison.  Shortly  after,  her  elder  daughter  Mm-y,  when 
on  a  visit  to  Christopher  Holder,  also  in  prison,  was  arrested  and  kept  in 
confinement  for  a  month.  The  testimony  in  regard  to  Katharine  Scott  is 
thus  recorded  :  "A  mother  of  many  children,  one  that  had  lived  with  her 
husband,  of  an  unblamable  conversation,  and  a  grave,  .sober,  ancient 
woman,  and  of  good  breeding  as  to  the  outward,  as  men  account."  {See 
Bishop's  New  England  Judged.)  She  returned  to  England  on  a  visit  in  1660, 
and  died  May  2,  1687,  in  Newport,  R.  I. ,  at  the  age  of  70  years. 

*  The  heaviest  tax  was  £5,  paid  by  Benedict  Arnold,  who  was  afterwards  Governor. 

1  "  She  was  put  to  death  at  the  town  of  Boston  with  the  like  cruel  hand  as  the  Martyrs 
were  in  Queen  Mary's  time,  upon  the  31  day  of  the  3d  mo.  1060."  (See  The  Friends' 
records  of  Portsmouth,  R.  I.) 

t  According  to  Gov.  Hopkins,  Richard  Scott  was  the  first  Quaker,  resident  in 
Providence. 


Appendix.  155 

Richard  Scott  died  either  in  1679  or  1680.  He  was  a  man  of  influence  in 
the  colony  and  a  large  land  owner.  Of  their  six  children,  one  son  and 
three  daughters  married,  and  had  numerous  descendants.  Jolui  Scott,^  the 
eldest  child,  married  Rebecca,  who  may  have  been  daughter  of  Sylvanus, 
and  grand  daughter  of  Peregrine  White,  who  was  born  on  boai'd  the  May- 
flower. Catharine  Scott"*  (Siilnnnix,'^  John,-  RirJianP),  m.  Capt.  Nathaniel 
Jenckes,  son  of  Gov.  Joseph  and  Martha  (Brown)  Jenckes.  (See  No.  6.) 
Rhoda  Jenckes  {Joanna,'^  Sylcarms,^  John,'^  Richard  ScotP),  became  the 
wife  of  the  tirst  Nicholas  Brown.  {See  No.  20.)  See  N.  E.  Historical  and 
Genealogical  Register  1868  and  '69. 

JOHN  SHELDON. 

John  Sheldon,  of  Providence,  born  in  1630,  married,  1660,  .Joan  Vincent. 
The  Christian  name  of  her  father  is  unknown.  Her  mother  was  Fridgs- 
with  Carpenter,  of  Amesbury,  Wiltshire,  Eng.,  sister  of  William  Carpen- 
ter, an  early  settler  in  Providence  and  Pawtuxet.  It  is  probable  that  Joan 
Vincent  and  her  brother  William,  were  sent  over  to  the  care  of  their  uncle 
in  America,  the  mother  remaining  in  England.  Of  the  five  children  of 
John  and  Joan  (Vincent)  Sheldon,  JSfehemiah,  the  youngest,  born  in  1673, 
married  Rachel,  born  April  15,  1679,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Whea- 
ton)  Mann.  It  is  assumed  that  Mary  Sheldon,  wife  of  William  Rhodes, 
was  daughter  of  Nehemiali  {See  No.  13).  Thomas  Maun,  of  Rehoboth, 
Mass.,  was  a  participant  in  the  desperate  conflict  known  as  "Pierce's 
Fight,"  March  26,  1676,  in  which  he  was  severely  wounded.  Mary,  his 
second  wife,  was  daughter  of  Robert  and  Alice  (Boweu)  Wheatou. 

JOHN  SMITH,  THE  MILLER. 

The  birthplace  and  parentage  of  John   Smith  are  unknown.     He  was 

born  in  1595,  and  married,  probably  in  England,  Alice ,  whose  family 

name  has  not  been  preserved.  He  was  an  early  settler  in  Dorchester,  Mass., 
where,  Sept.  3,  1635,  "  for  divers  dangerous  opinions  which  he  holdeth  and 
hath  divulged,"  sentence  of  banishment  was  passed  upon  him.  In  the 
earlj'  summer  of  1636  he,  in  company  with  Roger  Williams  and  four  others, 
left  Seekonk,  where  they  had  commenced  to  build  and  to  plant,  and,  embark- 
ing in  a  canoe,  sought  a  new  site  on  the  shore  of  the  Moshassuck  River. 
They  selected  a  spot  a  little  below  and  to  the  westward  of  the  present  St, 
John's  Church,  and  there  determined  to  form  a  new  settlement,  which 
Roger  Williams,  in  grateful  commemoration  of  their  escape  from  the  land 
of  persecution,  named  Providence.  Many  years  after,  Nov.  16,  1677,  it 
was  declared  by  Roger  Williams,  '•  I  consented  to  John  Smith,  Miller,  at 
Dorchester  (banished  also)  to  go  with  me.  The  Home  Lot  assigned  him 
adjoined  that  of  Widow  Reeve  on  the  north,  near  the  present  site  of  St. 
John's  Church.  The  earliest  mill  grant  in  Rhode  Island  was  made  March 
1,  1646,  to  .John  Smith,  when  it  was  agreed  at  a  monthly  court  meeting 
"  that  he  should  have  the  valley  where  his  house  stands,  in  case  he  set  up  a 
mill,  as  also  excepting  sufllcient  highways."  He  was  to  pay  the  cost  of 
the  wooden  stampers  that  had  been  imported  from  England  by  the  colonists, 
amounting  to  about  £100.  The  offer  was  accepted,  and  the  mill  built  at 
the  lower  falls  of  the  Moshassuck,  thus  fixing  the  business  centre  of  the 
town  at  that  locality,  where  it  long  remained.  The  town  agreed  to  permit 
no  other  grist  mill  to  be  built.  In  1647,  he  had  laid  out  to  him  "ten  acres 
where  mill  now  standeth,  six  acres  of  meadow  land  and  six  acres  at  Wain- 
scote."  Part  of  this  land  was  granted  him  as  purchaser,  and  part  for  build- 
ing the  mill. 

The  precise  time  of  his  death  is  not  known.  In  1649  the  mill  grant,  on 
certain  conditions,  was  confirmed  \o  Alice  Smith,  widow,  and  John  Smith, 
her  son,  administrators  on  estate  of  John  Smith,  Miller,  late  deceased.  The 
land  grant  is  mentioned  as  150  acres.  Sept.  2,  1650,  widow  Smith  was  taxed 
£2  10s.     Nothing  further  is  known  of  her  history.     They  had  two  children, 


156  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

John   Smith, ^   and    Elizabeth,-  who  married  Shadrack  Manton,    son    of 
Edward. 

JoJiii  Smith-  continued  the  mill,  was  Ensign,  Jurj'man  and  Deputy. 
From  1672-'76  he  filled  the  office  of  Town  Clerk.  In  the  latter  j'car,  his 
house,  opposite  the  mill  on  the  west  side  of  the  Moshassuck,  was  burnt  by 
the  Indians  in  King  Philip's  war.  The  town  records,  partially  burned, 
"were  saved  from  total  destruction  by  being  thrown  into  the  mill  ))ond, 
from  which  they  were  subsecjuently  rescued.  He  married  Sarah  Whipple, 
daughter  of  the  first  John,  and  had  seven  sous  and  three  daughters.  (See 
jVos.  3,  11.)  His  death  occurred  in  1682.  and  two  of  his  young  sons  died 
not  long  after.*  Five  sons  and  the  daughters  married,  and  the  grand- 
children numbered  65. 

John  Smith,  8  Miller,  was  the  last  of  that  title.  His  son,  John  Smith,*  the 
Fuller,  died  before  him.  May  24, 1719,  leaving  an  infant  child,  Martha,  who 
became  the  wife  of  Elisha  Brown,  youngest  son  of  Elder  James.  {See  JVo. 
14.)  John  Smith*  died  April  20,  1737.  His  mother,  Sarah  Whipple,  born 
in  1642,  was  probably  married  about  1660,  and,  as  he  was  her  eldest  child, 
it  is  reasonable  to  suppose  that  his  age  exceeded  seventy-five  years.  Of  his 
seven  children,  five  were  living  at  the  time  of  his  death.  In  his  will,  made 
Feb.  10,  1724  (codicil  Aug.  2, 1734),  he  entrusted  to  the  care  of  his  wife 
Hannah,  the  "two  small  children,  Hannah  and  Prince."  His  older  chil- 
dren had  long  since  been  married.  His  grand  daughter,  Martha  Smith, 
eighteen  years  of  age,  was  married  a  month  previous  to  his  death.  It  is, 
therefore,  believed  that  Hannah  was  a  second  wife,  but  of  this  no  proof  is 
known  to  exist,  and  no  conjecture  has  been  made  as  to  the  name  of  the 
first  wife.  Hannah  survived  her  husband  twenty  years,  and  in  her  will, 
proved  Sept.  29,  1757,  gave  her  estate  "to  son  Prince  and  daughter  Hannah," 
making  no  mention  of  the  older  children. 

Benjamin  Smith,*  son  of  Johiir  liorn  about  1672,  married  Mercy 
Angell,*  {John,-  Thomas^),  and  settled  on  a  farm  in  the  southwestern 
part  of  Smithfield.  Of  their  twelve  children,  three  only  are  here  mentioned. 
Daniel,'*  born  June  27,  1697,  married  Dorcas  Harris.  On  the  Smith  map, 
Daniel  Smith  is  put  down  as  the  owner  of  Lot  No.  2  on  Charles  Street,  40 
ft.  X  79,  adjoining  on  the  south  the  "  D.  Hill  House,"  from  which  it  was 
separated  by  a  gangway,  twenty  feet  wide.  It  is  possible  that  his  residence 
may  have  been  here.  Mary  Smith,*  born  Aug.  3,  1704,  married  Daniel 
Whipple,  and  had  a  daughter  Mercy,  who  married  Israel  Sayles.  Abi 
gail,*  born  June  10,  1714,  married  Jonathan  Arnold.  {See  JSfos.  22,  16,  and 
27.) 

The  grist  mill  property  descended  from  father  to  eldest  son  for  four 
generations.  John  Smith,*  Miller,  ran  the  mill  from  1682-1731,  a  period  of 
nearly  fifty  years.  On  Aug.  6th  of  the  latter  year,  he  deeded  to  his  son 
Philip  Smith, ■*  3Iiller,  with  other  property,  his  corn  mill,  fulling  mill.  etc. 
Philip  continued  the  occupation  of  his  father  but  a  short  time,  as  he  died 
in  1734,  leaving  the  mill  property  to  his  son  Charles,^  who  carried  on  the 
business  for  twenty  years  longer,  until  his  death  in  1754.  He  left  no  legiti- 
mate child,  and  his  inheritance  was  afterwards  recovered  by  his  first 
cousin,  Martha  (Smith)  Brown,  wife  of  Elisha  Brown,  at  a  Superior  Court 
held  at  Providence,  March,  1754.  (See  JVo.  14.)  This  estate  comprised  the 
greater  part  of  what  was  then  known  as  Charlestown,  formerly  the  Home 
Seat  of  John  Smith,  Miller. 

Martha  (Smith)  Brown  died  Sept.  1,  1760,  leaving  six  sons,  all  minors. 
In  her  will,  dated  July  1,  1760,  occur  the  following  items:  "Imprimis, 
I  Give  and  devise  unto  my  said  Husband,  !Mr.  Elisha  Brown,  the  Issues 
and  Proffit.s  of  one  full  half  of  all  my  JMills,  Stream  and  Dam  thereunto 
belonging,  During  the  full  Term  of  his  Natural  Life.  Tho'  perhaps  the 
Law  would  cast  the  whole  upon  him  by  my  death."  After  giving  to  her 
younger  sons  small  house  lots  designated  by  numbers,  which  can  still 
be  identified  by  means  of  the  Smith  Map,  she  thus  concludes:    "I  Give  and 

*Elisha  Smith,  b.  April  14,  1680,  who  m.  Experience  Mowiy,  was  the  sixth  son.  (See 
No.  15.) 


Appendix.  157 

Devise  unto  my  Son  John  Brown,  his  heirs  and  assigns  forever,  all  the 
Eesiduam  of  said  Estate  Devolved  on  me  by  the  Death  of  my  Said  Cousin 
Charles  Smith,  that  remained  unsold,  and  not  therein  disposed  of,  to  be  by 
him  entered  upon  as  soon  as  lie  attains  the  full  aQ:e  of  Twenty-one  years,  at 
which  age  my  Will  is  that  all  my  other  Sons  should  enter  on  their  respect- 
ive Rights  hereby  given  them,  and  not  before." 

John  Brown,  eldest  son  of  Martha,  died  in  1775,  leaving  an  only  child 
Martha,  who  inherited  his  property.  The  mill  was  kept  in  operation  until 
about  1827,  when,  on  account  of  the  construction  of  the  Blackstone  Canal, 
the  part  of  the  building  containing  the  grinding  machinery  was  taken  down. 
The  town  of  Providence  had  several  times  claimed  an  interest  in  this  estate, 
on  the  ground  that  the  original  grant  was  conditioned  upon"  a  continu- 
ance of  the  grist  mill  by  the  proprietors,  for  the  benefit  of  the  inhabitants 
of  the  town.  This  claim,  the  owner,  Mrs.  Martha  B.  Howell,  disputed. 
In  1829,  suit  was  brought  against  her  by  the  town  for  the  recoveiy  of  the 
property.  Deep  interest  and  much  anxiety  was  awakened  on  the  part  of 
owners,  by  purchase,  of  parts  of  the  Smith  property  upon  Smith's  Hill  and 
vicinity,  who  feared  that  their  titles  might  become  invalid.  But.  after 
trial  by  eminent  counsel,  the  court  decided  that  the  town  had  no  claim  to 
the  property.  The  present  owner  of  the  mill  site  is  Mrs.  Martha  H.  Bur- 
rough,  daughter  of  Waity  (Howell)  Walker,  and  grand-daughter  of  Martha 
(Brown)  Howell.     (See  jVo.  134.) 

Beside  John  Smith,  Miller,  there  were  four  other  early  settlers,  who  bore 
the  same  name,  viz.:  John  Smith,  Mason;  John  Smith,  of  Neipport  ;  John 
Smith,  of  Prudence  Island  ;  John  Smith,  of  Warimck.  The  Smith  Family 
was  still  further  represented  by  Christopher  Smith.  Edward  Smith,  and 
Richard  Smith.     (See  Wos.  52,  29,  33,  72.) 

RICHARD    TEW. 

Richard  Tew,  son  and  heir  of  Henry,  of  Maidford,  Northampton  Co., 
Eng.,  emigrated  to  New  England  in  1640,  with  his  wife,  Mary  Clarke, 
daughter  of  William,  and  settled  at  Newport,  now  Middletown.  He  was 
admitted  Freeman  in  1655,  and  served  frequently  as  Commissioner,  Assist- 
ant, Deputy  and  as  a  member  of  various  committees.  He  became  a 
Quaker,  and  according  to  tradition,  died  about  1673,  in  London,  whither 
he  had  gone  to  look  after  some  property.  Of  their  four  children,  two  only 
are  here  mentioned,  Elnathan^  and  Mary''.  Elnathan,-  born  Oct.  15, 
1644,  married  Thomas  Harris,  son  of  the  first  Thomas,  and  had  a  son, 

William  Harris,  =>  born  May  11,  1673,  who  married  Abigail .     Their 

daughter,  Dorcas  Harris,^  became  the  wife  of  Daniel  Smith.  The  latter 
w^ere  the  parents  of  Sarah  Smith,"  wife  of  John  Brown,  merchant.  Mary 
Tew,''  born  Aug.  12,  1647,  married  Andrew  Harris,  son  of  the  first  William, 
and  had  a  daughter  Mary,  wife  of  Elder  James  Brown.    (See  Nos.  22  and  8.) 

JOHN  THURBER. 

In  1671,  John  Thurber  and  his  wife  Priscilla,  with  six  of  their  eiglit  chil- 
dren, emigrated  to  New  England  from  the  parish  of  Stanton,  Lincolnshire, 
Eng.,  and  settled  in  Rehoboth,  Mass.,  at  a  place  called  New  Meadow  Neck, 
now  a  part  of  the  town  of  Barrington,  R.  I.  The  names  of  the  children 
who  accompanied  their  parents  were  Abigail,  John,  Thomas,  Edward, 
Charity  and  Elizabeth.  The  next  year,  James  and  Mary,  who  had  remained 
in  England,  joined  the  family. 

James  Th'urber,  b.  Aug.  26,  1660,  d.  March  26,  1736.  m.  Elizabeth  Bliss. 
Their  son  Samuel,  ^  b.  in  Rehoboth,  Aug.  27,  1700,  d.  in  Providence,  Dec. 
20,  1785,  m.  Rachel  Wheeler.     The  latter  were  the  parents  of  Samuel,*  b. 

in  Rehoboth,  Oct.  27,  1724,  d.  July  18,  1807,  who  m.   Hopestill  ,  and 

had  a  son  Samuel,^  b.  Feb.  15,1757,  m.  Mehetable,  dau.  of  Christopher 
and  Priscilla  Dexter,  b.  Feb.  25,  1759,  d.  Dec.  9,  1829.     She  was  sister  of 


158  The  Chad  Brown  Memorial. 

Amey  Dexter,  wife  of  Capt.  Isaac  Brown.  (See  No.  33.)  Samuel,  son  of 
Samuel  and  Mehetable,  b.  Jan.  21,  1785,  d.  July  2,  1821,  m.  AnnComstock, 
grand-daughter  of  Elder  James  Brown.     {See  No.  11.) 

PARDON  TILLINGHAST. 

Pardon  Tillinghast,  born  in  1622,  was  a  native  of  Seven  Cliffs,  Sussex 
Co.,  Eng.  According  to  tradition,  lie  had  been  a  soldier  in  Cromwell's  army. 
The  first  record  of  him  in  Providence  dates  from  Jan.  19,  1646,  when  he 
was  received  as  a  cjuarter  shares  man.  and  granted  25  acres  of  land.  He 
was  admitted  Freeman  in  1658,  was  Deputy  from  1672-1700,  Overseer  of 
the  Poor  in  1687,  and  a  member  of  the  Town  Council  from  1688-1707,  dur- 
ing Avhich  period  he  served  almost  continually.  The  most  prominent  mer- 
chant of  his  time,  he  was  also  Pastor  of  the  First  Baptist  church  for  many 
years,  declining  all  remuneration  for  his  services.  About  1700,  he  erected, 
at  his  own  exj^ense,  a  house  of  worship  located  near  the  northwest  corner 
of  North  Main  and  Smith  streets,  which,  in  1711,  he  deeded  to  the  church 
with  the  lot  on  which  it  stood.  Previous  to  this  time,  the  people  had 
assembled  in  private  liouses  or  in  the  open  air. 

The  Home  Lot  of  Thomas  Painter,  on  Constitution  Hill,  had  become  the 
property  of  the  town,  and  was  assigned  to  Pardon  Tillinghast.  He  after- 
wards purchased  the  Home  Lot  originally  laid  out  to  Hugh  Bewit,  north  of 
the  present  Transit  street,  where  he  built  his  residence.  In  his  will,  dated 
Dec.  15,  1715,  he  bequeathed  to  his  youngest  son  Joseph,  "my  present 
dwelling  house  and  house  lot,  after  his  mother's  decease." 

He  was  twice  married  and  had  twelve  children,  eleven  of  whom  married 
into  well  known  Rhode  Island  families  and  left  numerous  descendants.  His 
grand-children  numl)ered  79.  The  name  of  his  first  wife  was Butter- 
worth.  Of  their  three  children,  Sarah,  John  and  Mary,  the  eldest,  Sarah. 
born  in  1654.  died  young.  He  married  second,  April  16,  1664,  Lydia, 
daughter  of  Philip  and  Lydia  (Masters)  Tabor,  and  grand-daughter  of  John 
and  Jane  Masters,  of  Cambridge,  Mass.  Philip  Tabor,  born  in  England  in 
1605,  settled  in  Watertown,  Mass.,  as  early  as  1634.  After  living  in  Yar- 
mouth, Martha's  Vineyard  and  New  London,  he  became  a  resident  of  Ports- 
mouth, R.  I.,  where  he  was  admitted  Freeman  in  1656,  and  served  as  com- 
missioner from  1660-'63.  Later,  he  removed,  first,  to  Newport,  and  then 
to  Providence,  where  his  testimony  and  that  of  his  second  wife,  Jane 
Tabor,  in  regard  to  a  case  of  drowning,  was  recorded  June  10,  1669.  He 
finally  settled  in  Tiverton,  where  he  died  after  1672. 

Pardon  and  Lydia  Tillinghast  had  nine  children  :    (1)  Lydia.     (2)  PlriUp, 

b.  Feb.  16,  1668,  married  Keech,  and  had  five  children,  the  youngest 

of  whom,  Mercy,  born  in  1706,  became  the  wife  of  Col.  Peter  Mawney.* 
Their  daughter,  Mary  Mawney,  married  Gen.  James  Angell,  and  was  the 
mother  of  Abigail  (Angell)  Goddaid.  [See  No.  72.)  (3)  Philip,  h.  Oct., 
1669,  m.  Martha,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Sarah  (Borden)  Holmes,  and 
grand-daughter  of  Rev.  Obadiah  Holmes.  Of  their  fifteen  children,  Anne, 
the  twelfth,  born  April  13,  1713,  married  her  cousin,  Nicholas  Power,  third 
son  of  Nicholas  and  Mercy  (Tillinghast)  Power.  Their  daughter,  Elizabeth 
Power,  married  her  cousin,  James  Brown,  son  of  James  and  Hope  (Power) 
Brown.  {See  No.  8.)  (4)  Benjamin.  (5)  Abigail.  (6)  Joseph.  (7)  Mercy, 
b.  1680,  married  Nicholas  Power,  son  of  Nicholas  and  Rebecca  (Rhodes) 
Power.  Of  their  eight  children,  Hope,  b.  Jan.  4,  1701,  was  the  eldest. 
Allusion  has  been  made  to  her  as  the  wife  of  James  Brown.  Sarah  Power, 
the  fifth  child,  married  William  Burrough.  {See  No.  134.)  (8)  Hannah 
married  John  Hale.  (9)  Elizabeth  married  her  cousin,  Philip  Tabor,  son  of 
Thomas. 

Pardon  Tillinghast  died  Jan.  29,  1718,  at  the  age  of  96,  and  was  buried 
on  his  Home  Lot.     This  burial  ground,  west  of  Benefit  street,  and  a  little 

*  Corruption  of  Le  Moine. 


Appendix.  159 

north  of  Transit,  was  used  by  the  family  for  several  generations,  and  is  the 
only  one  of  its  kind  that  has  been  preserved  in  its  original  condition. 

RICHARD   WATERMAN. 

Kichard  Waterman,  born  about  1590,  emigrated  from  England  in  1629, 
and  settled  in  Salem,  Mass.  In  1638  he  removed  to  Providence,  where  he 
received  a  grant  of  land,  and  was  the  eleventh  named  in  the  Initial  Deed. 
He  was  one  of  the  original  members  of  the  First  Baptist  Church,  and  one 
of  the  signers  to  the  agreement  of  1640.  In  1643,  he  and  ten  others  pur- 
chased land  in  Warwick  of  Miantonomi,  and  suffered,  in  common  with  his 
associates,  many  indignities  from  the  interference  of  Massachusetts.  He 
was  the  owner  of  two  adjoining  Home  Lots  on  the  Towne  Streete — one  by 
grant,  and  the  other  by  purchase  in  1651,  from  Hugh  Be  wit,  of  the  Ezekiel 
Holliman  Home  Lot.  The  western  front  of  his  own  lot  now  forms  a  por- 
tion of  the  grounds  of  the  First  Baptist  Church.  He  was  admitted  Free- 
man in  1655,  and  afterwards  served  as  Commissioner,  Juryman  and 
Warden.  He  died  in  October,  1673,  and  was  buried  on  that  part  of  his 
estate  which  now  forms  the  southeast  corner  of  Benefit  and  Waterman 
streets.  A  granite  monument,  erected  in  1840  by  a  descendant  in  the  sixth 
generation,  marks  the  spot. 

The  family  name  of  his  wife,  Bethia,  is  not  known.  They  had  four  chil- 
dren :  (1)  SlehdaUe,  married  Arthur  Fenner.  {See  Nos.  12,  26,  37,106.) 
(2)  Wait,  married  Henry  Brown.  {See  Nos.  2,  30.)  (3)  Nathaniel.  {See 
No.  3. )  (4)  Resolred,  married  in  1659,  Mercy  WiUiams,  daughter  of  Rogei . 
Their  youngest  child,  Wait  Waterman,  born  about  1668,  married  John 
Rhodes.  The  latter  were  the  parents  of  William  Rhodes,  born  July  14, 
1695,  who  married  Mary  Sheldon.     (See  Nos.  9,  13,  24,  25,  30.) 

JOHN  WHIPPLE. 

John  Whipple,  born  in  England  about  1617,  was  in  Dorchester  as  early 
as  1632,   in  service  to  Israel  Stoughton.     In  1637,  he  received  a  grant  of 

land  at  Dorchester  Neck.     Some  two  years  later  he  married  Sarah , 

who  was  born  in  Dorchester  about  1624.  In  1658  he  .sold  his  homestead 
and  land,  and,  the  following  year,  removed  with  his  family  to  Providence, 
where  he  was  received  as  a  purchaser.  In  1667  he  was  in  possession  of  the 
Home  Lot  of  John  Greene,  Sr. ,  south  of  the  present  Star  street.  At  an 
earlier  date  he  purchased  the  Home  Lot  of  Frances  Weeks,  where  he 
erected  the  old  "  Whipple  Tavern,"  on  Con.';titution  Hill,  midway  between 
Benefit  street  and  the  junction  of  North  Main  and  Mill  streets.  As  he  was 
by  trade  a  carpenter,  it  is  supposed  that  he  was  the  builder  of  this  house. 
His  license  to  keep  an  ordinary  dated  from  1674.  He  took  the  oath  of 
allegiance  in  1666,  and  served  several  years  as  Deputy.  He  was  one  of 
those  "who  staid  and  went  not  away,"  in  King  Philip's  war,  and  so  had  a 
share  in  the  disposition  of  Indian  captives,  whose  services  were  sold  for  a 
term  of  years. 

He  died  May  16,  1685,  and  his  wife  survived  him  but  a  short  time.  They 
were,  at  first,  buried  on  his  own  land,  but  their  remains  were  afterwards 
removed  to  the  North  Burial  Ground,  where  stones,  with  inscriptions  to 
the  memory  of  "  Capt.  John  Whipple,"  and  "  Mrs.  Sarah  Whipple,"  mark 
their  resting  place.  They  had  eleven  children,  eight  sons  and  three 
daughters,  who  all  became  heads  of  families.  The  grand-children  num- 
bered seventy  three.  The  posterity  of  John  Whipple  and  Chad  Browne  are 
united  by  numerous  intermarriages.  Sarah  Whipple,  second  child  of  John, 
born  in  1642,  married  John  Smith,*  Miller.  {See  Nos.  14,  22.)  Samuel 
Whipptle,  born  in  1644,  third  child  of  John,  married  Mary  Harris,  daughter 
of  the  first  Thomas.  Their  grandson,  Daniel  Whipple,  son  of  Thomas, 
married  his  second  cousin,  Mary  Smith,  a  grand-daughter  of  Sarah  (Whip- 
ple) Smith,  and  daughter  of  Benjamin  Smith.  Mercy  Whipple,  daughter  of 


160  The  Chad  Browx  Memorial. 

Daniel  and  Mary,  married  about  1748,  Israel  Sayles.  (.S^^^  Xo.  16.)  ^fary 
Whipple,  tifth  child  of  John,  born  in  1648.  married  £i)enetus  Oluey,-  son 
of  the  tirst  Thomas.  Their  sou  Epeuetus,^  married  Mary  Williams, 
daughter  of  Daniel,  and  grand-daughter  of  Roger.  Paris  Olney  and  Mercy 
Winsor,  great  grand-children  of  Epenetus,^  married,  and  were  the  parents 
of  Mary  Ann  Olney,  who  married  Clark  Sajies.*  {See  No.  16.)  Abigail 
Whipple,  niuth  child  of  John,  married  Stephen  Dexter,  and,  second, 
William  Hopkins,  son  of  the  first  Thomas.  Her  great  grand-daughter, 
Sarah  Hopkins,  a  descendant  of  Martha  (Brown)  Jenckes,  was  married  in 
1761,  to  Commodore  Abraham  Whip|)le.  {See  No.  17.)  Joseph  Whipple, 
tenth  child  of  John,  born  in  1663,  married  Alice  Smith,  daughter  of  the 
first  Edward,  and  grand-daughter  of  Thomas  AngelP.  Their  daughter, 
Susannah,  born  April  14,  1693.  married  Stephen  Dexter,  a  grandson  of 
Sarah  (Whipple)  Smith.  {See  Nos.  29  and  25. )f  Some  years  since  a  Whip- 
ple Genealogy  was  published  in  Providence. 

ROGER    WILLIAMS. 

No  authentic  account  has  been  pi-eserved  of  the  birthplace  and  parentage 
of  Roger  Williams.  According  to  tradition,  he  was  born  in  Wales,  about 
the  beginning  of  the  seventeenth  century.  In  the  parish  church  of  Gwiuear, 
Cornwall,  Eng. ,  is  recorded  the  baptism  of  Roger,  second  son  of  William 
Williams,  Gent.,  July  24,  1600.  Conclusive  evidence  connecting  this  account 
with  the  founder  of  Rhode  Island,  is  wanting.  In  Elton's  Life  of  Williams, 
it  is  stated  that  he  was  the  son  of  William  Williams,  born  in  1606,  in 
Conwyl  Cayo  a  small  town  in  Caermarthenshire,  Wales.  But  no  proof 
has  been  adduced  to  support  this  theory,  which  is  founded  upon  a  record  in 
the  archives  of  Oxford  University.  He  was  a  protege  of  Sir  Edward  Coke, 
who  sent  him,  in  1621,  to  Sutton's  Hospital  (afterwards  the  Charterhouse). 
He  entered  Pembroke  College,  Cambridge,  in  1625,  and  in  1627  took  the 
Degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  For  a  short  time  he  was  a  clergyman  of  the 
Church  of  England,  but  soon  abandoned  it,  and,  with  his  wife,  Marv,  emi- 
grated at  the  close  of  the  year  1680,  to  New  England,  arriving  in  Boston, 
Feb.  5,  1631.  Gov.  Winthrop  speaks  of  him  as  "a  young  minister,  godly 
and  zealous,  having  precious  gifts." 

After  a  brief  pastorate  in  Salem,  in  which  he  incurred  the  hostilitj^  of 
the  authorities  by  his  religious  opinions,  he  went  to  Plymouth,  where  he 
preached  as  as.sistant  pastor  two  years.  Returning  to  Salem  in  1635,  he 
resumed  his  ministerial  labors,  and  became,  after  the  death  of  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Skelton,  the  pastor  of  the  church  His  teachings  not  being  in  harmony 
with  the  views  of  the  Massachusetts  settlers,  he  was  summoned  to  Boston 
for  trial,  and,  on  Oct.  9,  1635,  sentence  was  pronounced  by  the  General 
Court  as  follows  : 

"  Whereas,  Mr.  Roger  Williams,  one  of  the  elders  of  the  church  of  Salem, 
hath  broached  and  divulged  divers  new  and  dangerous  opinions  against 
the  authority  of  magistrates;  as  also  writ  letters  of  defamation  both  of  the 
magistrates  and  churches  here,  and  that  before  anj'  conviction,  and  yet 
maintaineth  the  same  without  any  retraction,  it  is  therefore  ordered  that 
the  said  Williams  shall  depart  out  of  this  jurisdiction  within  six  weeks 
now  next  ensuing,  which,  if  he  neglect  to  ]3erform,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the 
Governor  and  two  of  the  magistrates  to  send  him  to  some  place  out  of  this 
jurisdiction,  not  to  return  any  more  without  release  from  the  Court." 

He  received  permission  to  remain  until  the  following  Spring,  but,  in  the 
meantime,  as  he  continued  to  promulgate  his  opinions,  the  Court  resolved 
to  send  him  to  England.  Anticipating  their  messenger,  he  left  his  home, 
and  "  was  sorely  tossed  for  one  fourteen  weeks  in  a  bitter  winter  season, 

*These  intermarriages  are  clearly  shown  in  "  The  Sayles'  Pedigree,"  a  chart  drawn  by 
Charles  F.  ^Vilcox.  of  Providence.  "  It  was  not  intended  for  pubUcation. 
tLine  not  traced  in  No.  :i5. 


Appendix.  161 

not  knowing  what  bed  or  bread  did  mean."  He  purchased  of  Massasoit 
lands  on  the  eastern  shore  of  the  Seekonk  river,  and  had  planted  his  corn 
for  the  season,  when,  being  informed  by  Gov.  Winslow  that  he  was  within 
the  bounds  of  Plymouth  Colony,  he,  with  live  companions,  William  Harris. 
John  Smith,  the  Miller,  Joshua  Verin,  Thomas  Angell  and  Francis  Wickes. 
set  out  on  new  explorations.  Embarking  in  a  canoe,  they  landed  at  Slate 
Rock  to  exchange  greetings  with  the  Indians,  and  then  pursued  their  way 
to  the  site  of  the  new  settlement  on  the  Moshassuck  River,  which,  in  grate 
ful  remembrance  of  "God's  merciful  Providence  unto  him  in  his  distress," 
Roger  Williams  named  Providence.  "I  desired  it  might  be  a  shelter  for 
persons  distressed  for  conscience,"  he  said.  The  lands  which  he  acquired 
by  purchase  of  Canouicus  and  Miautonomi,  Sachems  of  the  Narragansetts. 
he  generousl}^  divided  equally  among  twelve  of  his  associates,  "Reserving 
only  unto  himself."'  as  he  afterwards  testified,  "  one  Single  Share  Equal  unto 
any  of  the  Rest  of  that  number."  The  Memorandum  or  "Initial  Deed" 
from  Roger  Williams  of  these  lands  to  his  "loving  friends,"  executed  in 
1638,  was  afterwards  confirmed  by  him  in  1661.  Succeeding  settlers  were 
admitted  into  the  fellowship,  and  by  the  payment  of  thirty  shillings  each, 
formed  a  common  fund  of  £30.  which  Roger  Williams  received,  not  as  an 
equivalent  for  the  land,  but  as  a  "  loving  gratuity,"  it  being  "far  less  than 
what  he  had  expended. 

Subsequent  events  in  the  life  of  the  Founder  of  Rhode  Island,  which  are, 
in  a  great  measure,  the  history  of  the  Colony,  maybe  traced  in  the  Memoirs 
of  his  Life,  which  have  been  written  by  Janies  D.  Knowles  (Boston,  1833)  ; 
William  Gammell  (Boston,  1846)  ;  Romeo  Elton  (London,  1852).  See 
also  "As  to  Roger  Williams  and  his  '  Banishment '  from  the  Mass.  Colony," 
by  Henry  M.  Dexter,  D.  D.,  1876;  Foot  Prints  of  Roger  Williams,  by  R. 
A.  Guild,  Providence,  1886  ;  Oration  by  the  Hon.  Thomas  Durfee,  LL. 
D.,  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Rhode  Island,  delivered  at  the 
Municipal  Celebration  of  the  City  of  Providence,  June  23,    1886.* 

The  precise  date  of  the  death  of  Roger  Williams  is  not  known.  It  oc- 
curred early  in  the  year  1683,  and  he  was  buried  "  with  all  the  solemnity 
the  colony  was  able  to  show,"  in  the  orchard  on  his  Home  Lot.  the  present 
site  of  the  Dorr  Mansion,  on  Benefit  street.  His  house  was  erected  near 
the  s]-)ring  where  he  landed,  on  the  hill  side  below  the  orchard,  now  How- 
land  street.  His  wife  Mary,  whose  maiden  name  is  believed  to  have  been 
Waruard,  is  supposed  to  have  survived  him.  They  had  six  children  :  Mnry 
b  Aug.,  1633,  in  Plvmouth  ;  Fvecbont,  b.  Oct.  1635.  in  Salem  ;  Providence, 
b.  Sept.,  1638,  in  Providence  ;  Mercy,  b.  July  5,  1640  ;  Dmriel,  b.  Feb.,  1642  ; 
Joseph,  b.  Dec.  12,  1643.  Of  these]  the  eld'^est  son  died  unmarried  in  his 
forty-eighth  year.  The  others  married  into  the  Sayles,  Hart,  Waterman, 
Winsor,  Rhodes  and  Olney  families,  and  the  grand-children  numbered  31. 
Mary  WilUmns^  married  about  1650,  John  Sayles,  and  had  six  children,  of 
whom  the  second  child,  John  Sayles,  =*  born  Aug.  17,  1654,  Inarried  Eliza- 
beth   .     They  were  the  parents  of  Richard  Sayles,  ^  who  married  Mercy 

PhiUips,  and  had  six  children,  all  sons.  Israel  Sayles,  ^  the  third  son,  of 
Sayles  Hill,  Smithfleld,  married  about  1748,  Mercy  Whipple,  and  had 
twelve  children.  Of  these,  Ahab,"  married  Lillis  Steere,  and  Mary" 
married   Esek   Brown.     {See  Nos.  16  and  69.) 

Mercy  Williams-  married  aliout  1659,  Resolved  Waterman,  son  of  the 
first  Richard.  She  married  second,  Jan.  2.  1677,  Samuel  Winsor,  ^  son  of 
the  first  Joshua.  Of  the  five  children  by  the  first  marriage.  Wait  Water- 
man,^ the  youngest,  born  about  1668,  married  John  Rhodes.  Their 
daughter,  Waitstill  Rhodes,-*  married  Jeremiah  Brown,  and  second.  George 
Corlis.  {See  Nos.  13,  72,  74.)  By  the  second  marriage  of  Mercy  Williams, 
there  were  three  children,  of  whom  Samuel  Winsor,''  the  eldest,  born  Nov. 
18,  1677,  married  Mercy  Harding,  and  had  nine  children.  Their  daughter, 
Martha  Winsor,^  married  Robert  Colwell.     A  youger  daughter,  Hannah 

*See  The  Providence  Plantations.  Providence,  R.  I.,  J.  A.  &  R.  A.  Reid,  1886. 


162  The  Chad  Brovvn"  Memorial. 

Winsor,*  married  James  OlDe3^  Paris  OJney,  grandson  of  Hannah,  and 
also  grandson  of  Martha  (Brown)  Jenckes.  maiTied  Mercy  Winsor,  a 
descendant  of  both  Mercy  and  Daniel  Williams.  Mary  Ann  Olney," 
daughter  of  Paris,  married  Clark  Sayles,  son  of  Ahab,  and  a  great  grandson 
of  Martha  (Williams)  Colwell,  through  her  grand-daughter,  Lillis  Steere.* 
{See  No.  16.) 

Joshua  Winsor,  8  son  of  Mercy  Williams,  born  May  25,  1682,  married 
Mary  Barker,  and  second,  Deborah  Harding.  John  Winsor,*  son  of  the 
second  wife,  married  Mary  Smith,"  {Solomon,'^  Benjamin,^  Johnr  John.^ 
the  Miller),  and  second,  Phebe  Dexter,  widow  of  William.  Of  his  twenty 
children,  Ruth,-'^  the  fifth  child,  born  May  8,  1751,  married  Ezekiel  Brown, 
son  of  Col.  Chad.  {See page  129.)  Daniel  Williams,^  married  Dec.  7, 1676, 
Rebecca  Power,  widow  of  Nicholas,  and  had  seven  children.  Mary 
Williams, 3  the  eldest,  married  Epenetus  Olnej.^  {Ejienetus,'^  Thomai^^).  Of 
their  nine  children,  Martha,*  and  Freeborn,*  were  the  two  youngest. 
Martha Olney*  married  Stephen  Angell,*  {John,'^  John,-  Thomas'^),  and  had 
a  great  grand-daughter,  Catharine  Angell,-''  wife  of  Gov.  Samuel  W.  King. 
{See  No.  105.)  Freeborn  Olney*  married  her  second  cousin,  Joshua 
Winsor,*  son  of  Joshua*  and  Mary  (Barker)  Winsor.  Mercy  Winsor,''  wife 
of  Paris  Olney,  was  their  grand-daughter.  Roger  Williams,*  (Daniel,'^ 
Roger'^),  married  May  1,  1729,  Elizabeth  Walling,  and  had  two  children, 
both  daughters,  the  youngest  of  whom,  Rebecca,*  born  April  20,  1735, 
became  the  wife  6f  David  Thayer.     {See  No.  71.) 

JOSHUA   WINSOR. 

This  surname,  said  to  have  been  derived  from  the  winding  shore  of  the 
Thames  river  at  Windsor,  Eng. ,  has  been  abbreviated  from  Windleshore  or 
Wiudshore  to  Winsor.  Joshua  Winsor  was  among  the  first  settlers  in 
Providence,  where  he  signed  the  compacts  of  1637  and  1640.  His  Home 
Lot,  which  adjoined  that  cf  John  Field  on  the  south,  became,  in  1691,  the 
property  of  Gideon  Crawford,  from  whom  Crawford  street  obtained  its 
name.  Nothing  is  known  of  the  wife  of  Joshua  Winsor,  aside  from  the 
record  of  her  death  in  Feb.  1655.  They  had  five  children,  one  son  and 
four  daughters.  Samuel,-  the  eldest  child,  born  in  1644,  married  Jan.  2, 
1667,  Mercy  Waterman,  widow  of  Resolved,  and  daughter  of  Roger  Wil- 
liams, and  had  three  children  :  Samuel,^  lianratli^  and  Joshua^.  Of  these, 
Samuel,^  born  Nov.  18,  1677,  married  Mercy,  daughter  of  Abraham  and 
Deborah  Harding,  and  had  a  family  of  seven  daughters  and  two  sons.  He 
was  ordained  Pastor  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  in  1733,  and  preached 
until  his  death  in  1758.  The  following  year,  his  son  Samuel,*  the  youngest 
child,  born  Nov.  1, 1722,  succeeded  to  the  pastorate.  {See  No.S'i).  Joseph,* 
the  eldest  son,  born  Oct.  4, 1713,  removed  to  Glocester,  R.  I.,  where,  in  1763, 
he  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  Baptist  church,  and  so  continued  until  his 
death  in  1802,  in  the  eighty-ninth  of  his  age.  He  was  buried  on  his  farm, 
on  Winsor  Hill.  He  had  five  sons  and  six  daughters,  all  of  whom  mar- 
ried, and  left  numerous  descendants.  Judge  Samuel  Winsor,^  the  youngest 
son,  inherited  his  father's  homestead,  and  resided  there  until  his  death. 
{See  No.  10. )f  The  Winsor  Genealogy,  a  small  pamphlet  by  Olney  Winsor, 
was  printed  in  1837. 

*See  the  chart.  "The  Sayles'  Pedigree."' 
tThe  Hne  not  traced. 


CORRECTIONS,  OMISSIONS  AND   ADDITIONAL 
INFORMATION. 


In  the  Eunning  Titles,  "The  Chad  Brown  Memorial,"  supply  the  final 
(e)  in  Browne. 

PAGE. 

26.     First  paragraph.     The  present  owners  are  Lewis  F.   Hubbard,  and 

Sarah  E.  Hull,  of  Canterbury,  Conn. 
28.     Frederick  Clark  Sayles  was  m.  1861  (not  1851).      Omit  the  birth  of 

the  first  child,   which  is  an   error,    copied  from  the   Providence 

Records. 
64.     Eice's  City  is  in  Kent  County,  E.  I. 

64.  Elisor    IBrown,  dau.  of  John   and  Betsey  (Daggett)   Brown,   m. 

Erastus  E.  Mowry,  and  had  three  children.  (1)  Daiiicl  D.,  b. 
Jan.  5,  1840,  m.  in  Sidney,  Australia,  Nov.  14,  1863,  Mary  .James, 
b.  in  S.  Jan.  9.  1843,  and  has  Charles  A.,  b.  in  S.,  Feb.  20,  1865, 
and  William  G..  b.  at  sea,  April  2,  1868.      (2)  Charles  F.,  b.  Sept. 

19,  1846,  d.  .     (3)  Arthur  P.,   b.  June  8,   1855,  m.  May  30, 

1877,  Alice  Eugenia  Tray,  and  has  a  son,  Frederick  E.,  b.  April 
25,  1878. 

65.  Frances  W.  Bird  graduated  at  Brown  University  in  1831. 

66.  Moses  B.  Lockwood  graduated  at  Brown  University  in  1857. 

70.  In  the  fifth  line  from  the  top  the  number  attached  to  Elisltn,  should 

be  35  (not  24). 

72.  Substitute  Brown  University  for  College  of  Ehode  Island. 

79.  Thomas  P.  I.  Goddard  graduated  at  Brown  University  in  1846. 

79.  Thomas  P.  Shepard  graduated  at  Brown  University  in  1836. 

87.  Supply  the  initial  letter  B.  in  name  of  Elizabeth  Howell  (No.  86). 

87.  The  first  Andrew  Winsor  in  the  closing  line  of  the  page,  was  of  the 

seventh  generation. 

88.  Eev.  Andrew  Mackie  graduated  at  Brown  University  in  1845. 
90.     G.  L.  Dwight  graduated  at  Brown  University  in  1828. 

101.     William  W.  Dunnell  graduated  at  Brown  University  in  1873. 

101.     Eead   Amos  N.    Beckwith  (not  Amos  A).     The  mother   of   Clara 

Lippitt  was  Eliza  (Seamans)  Lippitt. 
101.     Daniel  Beckwith  graduated  at  Brown  University  in  1870. 

104.  Eobert  H.  I.  Goddard  graduated  at  Brown  University  in  1858. 

105.  Eobert  I.  Gammell  graduated  at  Brown  University  in  1872. 

107.  Transpose  the  sentence  at  the  top  of  the  page,  and  read  thus  :  He 
was  a  student  at  the  Mass.  Institute  of  Technology  in  the  class  of 
1869,  and,  for  several  years  afterwards,  was  connected  with  the 
Corliss  Steam  Engine  Company  of  Providence. 

111.     Walton,  Eaton  Co.,  is  in  Michigan,  not  Illinois.     (No.  136.) 

113.     Change  the  name  Augusts  to  Augustus. 

113.  Supply  the  initial  B.  in  Anna  and  Phebe  Yerrinton.  (Nos,  145  and 
146.) 


164  The  Chad  Bkown  Mejioeial. 

PAGE. 

114.     Henry  Irving,  of  the  niuth  generation,  should  have  beeen  printed  in 

italics. 
126.     Anne  M.  Hopkins  is  of  the  ninth  generation,  not  the  sixth. 
138.     In  the  lirst  line,  read  St.  Croix 

144.     John  W".  Bulkley  is  of  the  sixteenth  generation,  not  the  seventeenth. 
144.     Martha  Brainard  was  of  the  fourteenth  generation,  not  the  fifteenth; 

therefore  Elizabeth  C.  (Ledyard)  Goddard   is  of  the  seventeenth 

generation,  not  the  eighteenth 
148.  Read  Llo.yd's  ISTeek,  not  Loyd's. 
152.     The  Olney  Genealogy,  by  James  H.  Oluey,  Providence,  is  in  course 

of  publication. 


Inscription  on  a  well  worn  gray  stone,  in  Old  Trinity  Church-yard, 
north  side,  Broadway,  New  York  : 

In 

]\Iemory  of 

PHILIP  NICHOLAS  BROWN, 

a  native  of  Providence, 

in  the  State  of  Rhode  Island. 

Aged  28  years. 

{Remaining  lines  illegible.) 


INDEX 


Ml  V  Bits.!, 


Index  No.  1. — Christian  Names  of  Descendants  Bearing  the 
Surname  of  Brown. 


Abby  or  Abig:ail,  37, 
40,  45.  49,  53,  59,  70, 
1^4,  126. 

Abbv  Ann,  64. 

Abby  Chase.  68. 

Abbv  Isabel,  t>4,  96. 

Abby  Smith,  61. 

Adeline,  66. 

Alfred,  87. 

Alfred  Nicholas,  74. 

Alice.  37,  66,  69.  96. 

Alice  Dexter,  47,  66. 

Almira,  70. 

AJonzo,  46. 

Amey,  47,  49,  56,  62. 
65. 

Amey  Dexter,  66, 100. 

Andrew,  12,  17,  18, 
20,  40, 128. 

Ann,  AJina  or  Anne, 
12,  18,  19,  20,  22,  37, 
47,  68,  70,  124,  128. 

Ann  Carter,  51,  83. 

Ann  Eliza.  64. 

Ann  Francis,  63,  95. 

Ann  PhilUs.  49. 

Anna  Theresa,  63. 

Anne  Mary,  74. 

Annie  Alice.  65. 

Arnold,  18,  70. 

Arthui-.  62. 

Arthur  L.,  14,  96,  116. 

Augustus,  125. 

Axie  Eva,  65. 

Aylsworth,  116. 

Beatrice,  116. 
Benjamin,  37, 123, 129. 
Benjamin  W.,  62. 
Bessie  F..  100. 
Bethany  S.,  68. 
Betsey,  71. 

Caroline,  70. 
Carohne  M.  C,  75. 
Catharine,  40,  45,  60. 
Celia,  70. 
Celinda,  71,  1C2. 
Charles  C,  63. 
Cliarles  H.,  87. 
Charles  P..  69. 
Chad,  13,  17,  26.  32,  49, 

129. 
Chad  B.,  118. 
Chad  E.,  118. 
Clarissa,  56. 
Clarke,  123. 
Colville,  64,  65. 
Cora  E.,  68. 
Cordelia  H.,  86. 
Cusliing,  46,  61. 
Cashing  F.,  61. 

DanaW.,  87. 


Daniel,  9.  22,  100,  123, 

125,  126,  129. 
Daniel  O.,  56,  86. 
David,  62, 126,  129. 
Deborah,   10.    19,    25, 

46,  49,  123,  126. 
Dexter,  129. 
Dorcas,  26,  49. 
Dorcas  K.,  56. 

Ebenezer  Perkins,  46. 

63. 
Ebenezer  Price,  63. 
Edward  B..11H. 
Edward  K.,  118. 
Edwards.,  62. 
Edward  T.,  63. 
Edwin  W.,  65. 
Elinor,  64.  163. 
Elisha.  17,  IS,  25,  26. 

39.  46,  48,  56.  64.  70, 

86,  101,  126,  163. 
Elisha,  Dep.  Gov.,  12, 

23. 
Elisha,  C.  86. 
Elisha,  W..  W. 
EUza,    or    Elizabeth, 

18,  33.  48,  48.  62,  64, 

68,  69.  122.  124. 
Elizabeth  E.,  63,  93. 
Elizabeth  T.,  116,  123. 
Ellen,  70,  96. 
Ellen  A.,  87. 
Ellen  P.,  96. 
Emeline  A. .  87. 
Emily  S.,  116. 
Esek,  18,  49,   70,   122, 

123,  129. 
Ethan,  40. 
Eva  Welch,  64,  98. 
Evelina  C,  62. 
Ezekiel,  129. 

Ferdinand  J.,  64. 
Fleet.  123. 
Francis,  125. 
Frances  Jillson,  96. 
Frederick,  62,  87. 
Frederick  L.,  100. 
Freelove  O.,  87. 

George  Holhster,  62. 
George    Himtington, 
18,  48,  102,  117,  118. 
George  S.,  68. 
George  T.,  96,  115. 
George  W  ,  69. 
Gideon.  17. 
Goold,  47. 

Hallelujah,    22,    100, 

126,  127. 
Hancy,  49. 
Hannah,  126. 


Harlan  E.,  87. 
Harlan  P.,  86. 
Harold,  78. 
Harriet  D.,  118. 
Harriet  R.,  86. 
Hart.  125. 
Henry,  62. 
Henry  A.,  62. 
Henry  F.,  86. 
Hope,  31,  .32,  123. 
Hosanna,  17, 126, 128. 
Hugh  H.,  3,  46,  62,  90. 

Isaac,  25,  46, 47,  48,  62, 

&5.  66. 
Isabel,  11,  20. 
Jabez,  126. 
Jacob  B.,  62. 
James,  9,  10, 11, 12, 16. 

25,  37,  44,  45,  46,   63, 

70,  122,  123,  124,  125. 
James  Clark,  61. 
James  H..  69. 
Jane,  62.  124. 
Jeannette  L.  H.,  86. 
Jennie  L.,  69. 
Jeremiah.  9,  12, 22,  23. 

25,  40,  45,  46,  62,   79, 

122,    123,     124,    125, 

126,  127. 
Jenckes,  32. 
Jesse,  26,  49. 
Joanna,  32. 
Job,  123, 
John,  9,  10,  11,  12,  16, 

21,  25,  26,  32,  34,  43. 

46.  62.  64,  70, 122,  123, 

124,  129. 
JohnCai-ter,  51,  75. 
John  H. ,  86. 
John  Nicholas,  78. 
John  Smith,  46,  63. 
Jonathan,  126.  129. 
Joseph,  12,  16.  17,  18, 

21.  32,  .34,  40,  63,  95, 

126. 
Joseph  F.,  56. 
Joseph  G.,  68. 
Josephine,  62. 
Josephine  P.,  95. 
Judah.  9,  126. 
Judith,  123. 

KeyesD.,  118. 
Keziah,  19. 

Langdon,  100. 
Laura  L.,  68. 
Loring.  70. 
Lucy.  46,  70. 
Lydia.  11,  19,  46,    48, 

63,  64. 
LytUa  G. .  68. 
Lydia  J.,  116. 


Marcy,  129. 
Margaret  A.,  65. 
Maria,  68. 
Martha.  10.  12,  13,  15, 

24,  25,  26,  44. 
Martha  A.,  56,  86. 
Martin,  70. 
Martin  W.,  69. 
Mai-vellous,  49. 
Mary,   10,   11,   12.   14, 

16,  18,  20,  22,  23,  26, 
27,  33,  40,  41,  42,  46. 
52.  61,  62,  70,  79,  123. 
124,  128. 

Mary  Adelaide,  64. 
Mary  AUen,  63,  94. 
Mary  Ann,  62 
Mai-y  Blackledge,  62. 
Mary  Busbnell,  118. 
Mary  Elizabeth,  61. 
Mary  Ella,  95,  115. 
Mary  Emma.  68. 
Mary  Esther,  65. 
Mary  Louise,  96. 
Maiy  Jane.  56,  87. 
Mary  S..  62. 
Mary  W.,  66. 
Matilda,  70. 
Mercy,  49,  71. 
Miranda,  70. 
Moses,  3,  10. 16,  22,  24, 

.37,  51,  69. 
Nancy,  26,  32,  49. 
Nathan,  11. 
Nathaniel  S.,  61,  62. 
Nathaniel  W.,  66,  99, 

100. 
Nicholas,  8,  16,  21,  23, 

31,  32.  50,  51,  55.  72, 

74. 

Obadiah,  10, 11, 12, 13, 

17,  21,  22,  26,  33,  .39, 
46,  56,  87. 

Obadiah  M.,  39. 

Olney,  49. 

Othniel,  17,  128,  129. 

Patience,  62. 
Peleg.  122. 
Penelope,  129. 
PermeliaU..  86. 
Phebe,  18,  22, 126, 128, 

129. 
Phebe  F.  O.,  56. 
Philanv,  40. 
Philip  P.  62. 
Phineas,  129. 
PoUy,  70. 

Rachel  E.,  62. 
Rhoby,  18,  123. 
Rhoda,  .32. 
Richard,  40,  56. 


166 


Index. 


Richard  B.,  63. 
Robert.  122.  125. 
Robert  Grenville,  T5. 
Ruth,  ro.  129. 

Sallv  or  Sarah,  10.  18, 
22".  37.  39.  40,  49.  .54. 
55,  70,  71,  124.  126. 
129 

Samuel,  47.  48,  68, 122. 

Samuel  F..  61. 

Samuel  Goold,  68. 


Samuel  Greene,  62 
Samuel  Walter,  116. 
Samuel  Welch,  63.  96. 
Sarah  A.,  56. 
Sarah  J..  68. 
Sarles.  70. 
Srnith.  25.  47. 
Sophia  Augrusta.  78. 
Sophia  Ellen.  65. 
Sophia  F..  100.  128. 
Susan.  40,  65. 
Susanna.  129. 


Thankftir.  129. 

Thomas.  18.  1^. 
Thomas  B..62. 

Urana.  70. 

Wait  or  WaitstUl,  40. 
Waitstill  W..56. 
Walter  F..  96. 
Waterman.  39. 
Welcome.  39,  56. 
Welcome  O..  56. 


Whipple.  70. 
William.  49.  122.  126. 
William  AUerton,  69. 
William    Austin,    48, 

68. 
WiUiam  B..  48,  69. 
WimamC.,86. 
William  G.,  69. 
WiUiam  S.,  62. 

Zei-viah.  129. 


Index  No.  2.— Names  of  Descendants  Other  Than  Brown. 


ABBOT. 

Anne  F..  106. 
Caroline  L..  106. 
Helen  F.,  105. 
MadeUne  L..  105. 

ALDEN. 

George  F..  92. 

ALLEX. 

Abigail  B..  61. 
Alfred  H..  92. 
Charles  L..  92. 
Charles  S..  92. 
Darius  C.  61.  92. 
Eliza  S.,  93. 
Emma  F.,  92. 
George.  93. 
George  M..  92. 
Hannah  S..  93. 
Harrr  v..  93. 
HenrV  31.,  93. 
Isaac  B..  61,  91.  92. 
Jeremiah  N.,  61. 
Laura  F.,  92. 
Maria  E..  91. 
Mary,  61. 
Mary  J.,  93. 
Mary  Louise.  93. 
Sarah  A..  92. 
William  B.,  92. 

ALLIX. 

George  A..  95.  115. 
George  L..  115. 
HeloiseM..  115. 
Kate  D.,  115. 
Lawrence  B..  115. 

ALJFi^ 

Anna,  55,  85. 
Mary.  55. 

ANDREW. 

John,  13. 

ANGELL. 

Alexis  C,  127. 
Andrew.  128. 
Charles.  126. 
Isaiah,  126. 
James  B.,  126. 
James  R..  127. 
Jeremiah,  126. 
Jonathan.  126. 


LoisT.,  127. 
Martha,  126. 
Naomi  A.,  11.  20. 
Xehemiah.  12(5. 
Sarah.  126. 
Sarah  C.  127. 
Thomas.  126. 
Thomas  C.  127. 

ARNOLD. 

Adela  J..  114. 
Anna.  41. 
Anna  F..  114. 
Benedict  27. 
Charles  L..  IIH 
Elizabeth  R  .  41. 
Isabelle.  110. 
James.  21.  41. 
Maiy  E.,  114. 
WiUiam.  26. 

AYLSWORTH. 

Arthur.  14. 
Catharine.  15. 
Chad,  14. 
Cora  E.,  14.  116. 
Elhanan,  14.  29. 
Eh,  14. 
Elizabeth,  15. 
Hiram  B..  14.  116. 
Homer  E..  14.  30. 
Ivan  S..  15. 
.Tames.  14. 
John.  14. 
Mabel  W.,  15. 
Martha.  15. 
Mary,  15. 
Mui-ray  DeL..  15. 
Perry,  14,  30. 
Philip.  14. 
Robert.  14. 
Sj-lvester,  14. 
Thomas,  14.  15. 

BAKER. 

Jacob.  129. 
Zephaniah,  129. 

BARNARD. 

Edward  G.,  68. 
George  A..  68. 

BARTLETT. 

Frederick.  92. 
WUliam  A.,  92. 


BATES. 

Bertie.  102. 
George,  102 
Walter.  102. 

BECKWITH. 

Abby  G.,  67. 
Alice  B..  101. 
AUce  D.,  101 
Amey  B..  67. 
Amos,  101. 

Amos.  N..  67.  101, 163. 
Daniel.  101. 163. 
Helen  S..  101. 
Hemy  Tniman.  3.  24. 

67. 
Henry   Truman.    2d, 

101. 
Isaac  B.,  67. 
Robert  L..  101. 
Susan  T..  67.  101. 
Truman.  101. 
WaiTen  L..  101. 
WUliam.  101. 

BINNEY. 

Mary  W.,  104. 
Hope  I..  104. 
Horace,  104. 
WiUiam,  104. 

BISHOP. 

Charles  C.  92. 
Ella  M.  92. 
Esten.  71. 
John  H.,  92. 
Jlar^-  E.,  92. 
NemeM.,92. 
Sarah  G.,  92. 

BLISS. 

Theodora  H.,  100. 

BOWEN. 

Caroline.  57. 
Charles  J..  57. 
Ednah  G.,  87. 
Frank.  87. 
Harriet  A.,  57. 
Henry.  41.  57.  87. 
Henry  L..  57. 
Horatio,  57. 
Horatio  G..  41. 
Jabez.  41. 
Joseph  T..  87. 
Mary.  41. 


Obadiah.  41. 
Oliver.  41. 
William.  57. 
WiUiam  H..  57,  87. 

BOYD. 

Alonzo.  64. 
ColviUe  D..  64. 
Deborah.  64. 
Elizabeth.  64. 
Frank  A..  64. 
Helen.  64. 
Heniy.  64. 
Phihp.  64. 
Samuel.  64. 
WilUam.  64. 

BRIDGHAM. 

Caroline.  71. 
Robert.  71. 

BRIGGS. 

Juha  A..  61. 

BURLINGAME. 

Am  Eliza.  64. 
Brown.  18. 
.Tames  P..  64. 
J3hn  P..  (>4. 
Lydia.  64 
Mary.  64. 
Sophia.  64. 
WilUam.  64. 

BURRILL. 

Charles,  49. 
Lafayette.  49. 

BURROUGH. 

Martha  W.,  111. 

CHAPIN. 

Anna  Alice,  108. 

CHASE. 

Ann  E.,  69. 
Edith  M..  70. 
Edward  O.,  70 
EUza  B..  69. 
Haniet  K..  70 
Maria  B.,  70. 
Oscar  31.,  69. 
James  A.,  69. 
W^arren  A..  69. 
WiUiam  B.,  70. 


Index. 


1G7 


CHENEY. 

Anna  W.,  90. 
Austin,  n'2. 
Charles,  112. 
Clifford  D.,  112. 
Dorothy,  112. 
EduahP.,  112. 
Elizabeth,  112. 
EUeu  W.,  112. 
Emily,  112. 
Frank  D.,  90,  112. 
Frank  W..  90,  111. 
Harriet  B.,  112. 
Helen,  112. 
Horace  B.,  112. 
Howell,  112. 
John  D.,  112. 
KniRht  D.,  112. 
Marjory,  112. 
Maiy  H.,  90. 
PhiUp,  112. 
Russell.  112. 
Ruth,  112. 
Sarah  S.,  90. 
Seth  L.,  112. 
Theodora,  112. 
Thomas  L.,  112. 
Ward,  112. 

CHEESBRO' 
Albert  S.,  106. 

CLARKE. 
Chad,  2(3. 

CLIFFORD. 
Thomas,  61. 

COMSTOCK. 

Ann  B.,  19. 
Benjamin,  19. 
Jesse,  19,  21. 
Joseph,  19,  21. 
Blaria,  A.,  19. 
Blartha,  19. 
Sally  B.,  19. 
Samuel,  19. 
William,  19. 

COOKE. 

Benoni,  6.5. 
Charles  A.,  98. 
Charles  D.,65,  98. 
Ehzabeth  S.,  65. 
Henry  C,  98,  116. 
Henry  D.,  116. 
Isaac  B..  65. 
Martha  B.,  6.5. 
Maud  Aline,  116. 
Rebecca  H.,  65. 

COOLEY. 

Albert  N..  96. 
Mary  A  ,  95. 
Edward  G.,  96. 
Elizabeth  C,  95. 
Francis  B.,  98. 

CO  WELL. 

Amey,  109. 
Amey  A.,  109. 


Anne  S..  109. 
Benjamin.  88. 108, 109. 
Elizabeth,  88. 
Elizabeth  H.,  109. 
Harry,  109. 
Henry  S..  lOi). 
Herbert,  109. 
James  H.,  109. 
Joseph  H.,  109. 
Mark  W.,  109. 
Martha  B.,  88. 
Mary  C,  109. 
Olivid  G.,  88,  109. 
Ruth,  109. 
Samuel,  88,  109. 
Sarah  D.,  88. 
Walter  M.,  109. 

CUTTING. 

Churchill  H.,  94,  114. 
Ehzabeth  B.,  114. 
Grace  D.,  114. 


Thomas  C,  116. 

DANA. 

Abby,  64. 
Ann  E.,  64. 
Deborah.  64. 
Jonathan,  64. 
Lucy,  64. 
Sarah,  64. 

DAVIES. 

George  A.,  93. 
John  N  ,  93. 
Blary  N.,  93. 

DAY. 

Albert  F.,  71. 
George  L.,  71. 
James  H.,  71. 
William  E.,  71. 

DE  BLOIS. 

Elizabeth.  124. 
Jane.  124. 
John,  124. 
Rebecca.  124. 
Stephen.  124. 

DENNY. 

Amey  D.,  116. 
Maude  D.,  116. 
Thomas,  Jr..  116. 

DEXTER. 

Mary,  58. 

DUNCAN. 

Eleanor,  102,  113. 
Richard,  102. 

DUNNELL. 

Adela,  100. 

Alice  Maud   M.,   101, 
107,  116. 


Amey.  100. 
Amey  I).,  116. 
Edward  Wanton,  100. 
Henry,  116. 
Jacob.  100,  116. 
Jacob  W.,  116. 
Jeannie  P.,  116. 
Margaret,  101. 
Mary  L.,  100. 
Sophia  B.,  100,  116. 
William  W.,  101, 163. 

DWIGHT: 

Catharine  E.,  90,  112. 
Gamaliel    L.,   59,  90, 

112. 
Margaretha  L.,  112. 
.Marshall  J.,  90. 
Mary,  50. 
Sarah.  59. 

EATON. 

AmasaM.,  8.5, 101,107, 

108,  110. 
Amey  B.,  108. 
Anna  G.,  85. 
Charles  C,  108. 
Charles  F..  85,  108. 
Frank  H.,  80. 
Harriet  R.,  85. 
Lewis  D.,  108. 
Lewis  F.,  108. 
Mary  E..  108. 
Sarah  B.,  108. 
William  D.,  108. 

EDDY. 

Anna,  20. 
Hannah,  20. 
Jonathan,  20. 
Martha,  20. 
Mary  20. 
Moses,  20. 
Samuel,  11.  20,59. 

ELDRIDGE. 

Flora  A.  J.,  14,  15. 

ESTEN. 

Esek,  29. 

EVANS. 

Abby  O.,  49. 
Anna.  49. 
Caroline,  49. 
Daniel  W.,  49. 
Frances,  49. 
George  C.,  49. 
Gilbert,  49. 
Ira  P.,  49. 
Mary  49. 
Rebecca,  49. 
Thomas  0.,49. 
WiUiam,  49. 

F  EAGLES. 

Carrie,  93. 
David,  93. 
Eliza,  93. 
Frederick,  93. 
George  A.,  93. 


Grace,  93. 
Hattie,  93. 
Harry.  93. 
Louise,  93. 
Mary,  93. 
Robert,  93. 
WilUe,  93. 

FENNER. 

Arthur,  22.  128. 
Freelove;  128. 
James.  18.  22,  128. 
John,  18, 22,  128. 
Lydia.  128. 
Mary,  22,  128. 
Obadiah,  22. 
William,  22. 

FISKE. 

Chad,  26. 

FOX. 

Austen  H.,  108. 
Henry,  108. 

FRANCIS. 

Abby,  83. 
Anne  B,  aS,  105. 
Anne  W.,54. 
Elizabeth,  83. 
-lohn,  83. 

JohnB...37,  54,82,  83. 
Sally,  83. 
Sophia  H.,  83. 

GAMMELL. 

Arthur  A.,  105. 
Elizabeth  H.,  105. 
Hope,  105. 
Harriet  I.,  105. 
Helen  L.,  105. 
Robert,  105. 
Robert  I.,  10.5,  163. 
Virginia,  105. 
William,  105. 

GANO. 

EHza  B. ,  53. 

GLEZEN. 

Frank  L.,  110. 

GODDARD. 

Charlotte  H.,  79,  104. 
Charlotte  I.,  104. 
Edith  H.,  104. 
Eliza.  79. 
Klizalipth  A.,  79. 
Francis  W.,  79,  104. 
Henry  L.,  104. 
fliadelinel.,  105. 
Moses  B.  I.,  79. 
Robert  I.,  79. 
Robert  H.,  81. 
Robert  H.  I.,  79,  104, 

105. 
Thomas  P.  I.,  79. 
William,  79, 104. 
WiUiam  G.,  105. 


168 


Index. 


GRAEPEL. 

Christian  A.,  110. 
Johann  J.,  110. 
Sarah  Theresa,  110. 

GREENE. 
James,  12. 
Benjamiu,  15. 

GRIFFIN. 
Henry  I.,  114,161. 

GROSVENOR. 

Alice  M.,  85  108. 
Aniasa  M.,  85. 
Caroline  R..  108. 
Ehza  H.,  85. 
James  B.,  85. 
Robert,  85. 
Rosa  A..  85. 
WilUam.  Jr..  85,  108. 

HANDY. 

Ann.  124 

HARRINGTON. 

Amey,  US. 
Caleb,  29. 
Catharine.  29. 
Jemima,  29. 
John,  29. 

Mary  or  Polly,  15,  29. 
Nathaniel,  29. 
Obadiah,  29. 
Waty,  29. 

HARRIS. 

Anch'ew,  71. 
Emma,  71. 

HAWKINS. 

Allen,  18. 
Ara,  18. 
Philip,  71. 
Robert.  71. 

HERRESHOFF. 

Agnes,  55. 
Agnes  M..  107. 
Algernon  S.   De  W., 

107. 
Anna  F.,  55,  106. 
Caroline   L.,  84,   106. 
Charles  F.,  55,  83,  84, 

106. 
Frances  L.,  107. 
Frederick,  107. 
Grace,  107. 
James  B.,  55,  84,  106. 
Jane  B..  106. 
John  B.,  .55,  84,  106. 
JohnB.  F.,  84,  107. 
Julia  A.,  106. 
Julian  L.,  84,  107. 
Katharine  K. ,  106. 
Lewis,  84. 
Louise  C,  107. 
NathauaelG.,84,  106, 

107. 
SaUy  B..  84. 
Sarah,  55. 
William  S.,  106. 


HITCHCOCK. 

AUce,  115. 
Amelia  S..  110. 
Charles.  110. 
Ethel,  110. 
George  H.,  110. 
Howard  L..  110. 
Margaret.  110. 
Olive,  1 10. 
Wilbur  K.,  115. 

HOPKINS. 

Amey,  27. 
Anna,  28. 
AnneM.,  126,164. 
Ruth,  28. 
Sarah,  28. 

HOPPIN. 

AUce,  108. 
Anna  J.,  108. 

HOWARD. 

Louise  R.,  113. 

HOWELL. 

Charles  F.,  57,  89. 
David,  .57. 

Elizabeth  B.,,57,87, 163 
Elizabeth  I.,  88. 
Jeremiah  B.,  24,   43, 

57.  59. 
John  B..  .57,  88. 
Martha  B.,  57,  88. 
Mary  or  Maria  B.,  43, 

57,  .58. 
Jlehetable  D  ,  57. 
Roger  W.,  43. 
Sally  B.,  57,  59,  89. 
Sarah,  20,  43,  59. 
Sarah  C,  43. 
Waitstill,  43,  57. 
Waity  F.,  57,  88. 

HUBBARD. 

Anna  C,  64. 
Ezra  J.,  64. 
Robert  B.,  64. 
Sarah  E.,  64. 

IVES. 

Charlotte  R.,  52,  78, 
Elizabeth,  52. 
Elizabeth  A.,  81,  105. 
Harriet  B..  81. 
Hope  B.,  52,  HO.  81. 
Moses  B.,52,  79. 
Robert  H.,  52,  81. 
Thomas  P.,  52,  80,  81. 

JENCKES. 

Berjamin,  29. 
Catharine,  13,  28. 
Esther.  13. 
John.  13.  27.  29. 
Joseph,  13,  29. 
Lydia,  13,  29. 
Martha,  13,  27. 
Mary,  13.  29. 
Nathaniel,  13. 


ObacUah.  13,  17,  27. 
Zachariah,  27. 

JENKINS' 

Anna  A.,  86,  108. 
Moses  B.,  37,  86. 
Sarah.  86. 
William  A.,  86. 

KINNICUTT. 

John  C,  64. 
Sarah,  64. 

KNIGHT. 

Elizabeth,  126. 
Daniel  R.,  126. 
George,  126. 
Jane  F..  126. 

LEE. 

Edward  B.,  s6. 

LEONARD. 

Abiel  A.,  92. 
Charles  S..  92. 
Frederick  E.,  92. 
George  W.,  92. 

LEWIS. 

Charles  E.,  64. 

LIPPITT. 

Ann  F.,  88. 
Charles;  88. 
Julia,  88. 
Martha.  88,  110. 
Sarah  H.,  88,  110. 

LORD. 

Anna  C  .  121. 
Blanch  E.,  121. 
Charles  E.,  121. 
Chester,  121. 
Chester  S.,  121. 
Edward  R.,  121. 
Kenneth,  121. 
Richard,  121. 

MACKIE. 

Andrew,  88. 
Olivia  H.,  88. 

MANCHESTER. 

George  W.,  92. 
Lucv  A.,  92. 
Mary  M..  92. 
Sarah  W..  92. 
William  A.,  92. 

BIANN. 

WiUiam  M. 

MASON. 

Abby,  55,  73. 
Rosa  A.,  .55,  85. 
Sarah  B.,  55. 


Zerviah,  55. 

MacDONALD. 

Theresa  A.  B.,  63. 

MAYNARD. 

Howell  H.,  110. 

MERRITT. 

Charles  C,  121. 
Edward  L.,  121. 
Royal  McK.,  121. 

MOWRY. 

Arthur  P.,  163. 
Charles  A.,  16:3. 
Charles  F.,  163. 
Daniel  D..  163. 
Frederick  E.,  163. 
William  G.,  163. 

OLIVER. 

Elizabeth  B.,  69. 
Lydia  M.,  69. 

OLNEY. 

Mary,  127. 
Maiy  A.,  27. 
Mercy,  127. 
James,  127. 
Jeremiah,  127. 
Jonathan.  127. 
Joseph,  127. 
Lydia,  127. 
Paris,  27. 

OPPENHEIM. 

Beckwlth,  101. 
Clara  Lippitt,  101. 

OWEN. 

Adelaide,  71. 
Ann  Phillis,  49. 
Brown,  49,  71. 
Charlotte,  71. 
Daniel,  71. 
EUsha,  71. 
Elizabeth,  71. 
Emmelme.  71. 
Esek,  71. 
Esten,  71. 
Fidelia,  71. 
George. 
George  A.,  71. 
George  L.,  71. 
Herbert,  71. 
James.  71. 
Job.  71. 
Laura,  71. 
Louisa,  71. 
Matilda,  71. 
Mary,  71. 
MaiT  F.,  49. 
Ora.  71. 
Ruth,  49,  71. 
Sabin,  49,  71. 
Sarah,  71. 

PRATT. 
Adela  Y.,  114. 


Index. 


160 


PKAY. 

Catharine,  10. 
Hugh,  10. 
John,  10. 
Martha,  10. 
Mary,  10. 
Penelope,  10. 
Richard,  10. 
Sarah,  10. 

RANDALL. 

Annie  G.,  68. 
Charles  F.,  68. 
Elizabeth  C,  68. 
Guv  H.,  68. 
Lyclia  G.,  68. 
Blinerva,  68. 
Nathaniel  C,  68. 
Samuel  D.,  68. 
William  H.,  Jr.,  61. 

RANNEY. 

Antoinette  A.,  103, 
OUver  A.,  103. 

REDFERN. 

George  W.,  92. 

REMINGTON. 

Annie  I.,  113. 
Carribel  C,  113. 
Clinton  C,  113. 
George  W.,  113. 
James  W.,  113. 
Olivias.,  113. 
Samuel  W.,  113. 
Walter  A  .  113. 

REYNOLDS. 

Albert,  71. 
Alberts.,  71. 
Anna,  71. 
Annie  E.,  Ill 
Candace  W.,  111. 
Celinda,  71. 
Emily,  71. 
Everett?.,  HI. 
Francis,  71. 
HaiTiet  Frances,  71. 
Hem-y  E.,  71. 
James.  71. 
James  W.,  111. 
Lafayette,  71. 
Mary  E.,71. 
Reuben  A.,  71. 
Sarah  K..  111. 
William  H.,  71. 

ROCKWOOD. 

Arthur  J.,  113. 
Catharine  D.,  113. 
Charles  F.,  113. 
Edward  V.,  113 
WiUiam  P.,  113. 

RUGGLES. 

Alice  E.,  8.5. 
George  B.,  8.5. 
John  M.,  85. 
Sarah  H.,  85. 


RUSSELL. 

Ann,  124. 
Anna  R.,  124. 
Caroline  A.,  134. 
Charles  Handy,  124. 
Charles  Howland,121 
Cora.  124. 
Eliza  R,  124. 
Fanny  G.,  124. 
Helen  N.,  125, 
Joanna  H.,  121. 
Mary,  124. 
Mary  C,  125. 
Mary  G.,  124. 
Samuel  H.,  124. 
Thomas  H.,  124. 
WjUiam  H.,  124,  125. 

SANDERS. 

Ahce  B.,  103. 
Betsey  A.,  103. 
Catharine  A.,  103. 
Charles  S.,  120 
Effle  S.,  103. 
Ehza  A.,  102. 
Frances  A.,  103.  I 

Frances  C,  102. 
Frank  K.,  120. 
George  A.,  103. 
Helen  J.,  103. 
James  B.,  103. 
Jesse  T,,  103 
Joseph  A.,  120. 
Lucy  A.,  102. 
Lucy  J.,  103. 
Mabel  A.,  103. 
Marshall  D.,  102,  118. 
Mary  102. 
Mary  J.,  102,  121. 
Maud  M.,  120. 
Milton,  102. 
Oliver  A.,  108, 
Walter  E.,  120. 
Walter  L.,  lO.i 
William  H.,  120. 

SAYLES. 

Benjamin  P.,  28. 
Carrie  M.,  28. 
Chad,  49. 
Deborah  W.,  28. 
Frank  A.,  28. 
FrederickC.,27,28,163 
Louise,  27. 
Martha  F.,  28. 
Maiy  F.,  27. 
Nanuie  N..  28. 
Rebecca,  49. 
Robert  W.,  28. 
William  F.,  27. 
Wilham  C,  28. 

SHAW. 

SaUy  H.,  59, 
Wai'tstill  D.,  59,  89. 

SHERMAN. 

Irene  A.M.,  78. 

SISSON. 


Clarence  B..  98. 


SMALLWOOD. 

Margaret.  93. 
Robert,  93. 

SMITH. 

Abby  A..  60. 
Asenath.  49. 
Elizabeth,  49. 
Hannah,  49. 
Nathaniel,  60. 
Rhoda,  49. 
Sophia,  128. 

SOUTH  WICK. 

Cynthia.  27. 
Daniel,  27. 
EUsha.  27. 
Phebe,  27. 
Ruth,  26. 
Sarah,  26. 
Sophronia,  27. 
Vaity,  27. 

STONE. 

Walter  D.,  64. 

SWEET. 

Betsey,  49. 
Ethan,  49. 
Jesse  B.,  49. 
Sai-ah,  49. 

SWEETLAND. 

Abbv.  64. 
Colville,  64. 
Nelson,  64. 
Sarah,  64. 

THURBER. 

Benjamin  C.,  19. 
George  I.,  19. 
Joseph,  19. 
Mary,  19. 
Samuel,  19. 

TORREY 

Moses  E.,  20. 

TOWNSEND. 

Benjamin  C,  19. 

TRAIN. 

Alice  B.,  101. 
Annie  R..  101. 
Elizabeth  H.,  101. 

TRIPP. 

Irene.  26. 

TURPIN. 

Catharine,  28. 

YANDERLIGHT. 


John,  16. 


WALKER. 

George  A.,  88. 
Martha  H.,  88,  110. 

WASHBURN. 

John  F.,  27. 
Morris  K.,  37. 
Roscoe  C.  37. 
William  F.  S.,  27. 

WATERMAN. 

Thomas  W.,  94. 

WEBSTER. 
Ebenezer.  61. 

WHIPPLE. 

Abbv,  70. 
FloreUa,  70. 
John,  70. 
Katy.  29. 
Polly,  39. 

WHITE. 

Anna  B.,  113. 
Carrie  D.,  113. 

WILCOX. 

Alice  W.,  111. 
Candace  G.,  89. 
Charles  F.,  24,  44, 

111. 
Charles  G.,  111. 
Charles  H..  89, 
Edith  F.,  Ill, 
Emma  N.,  111. 
Everett  P.,  89,  111. 
Henry  J.,  89. 
Horace  A.,  89,  111. 
HoweU  G.,  111. 
John  H.,  89. 
Juliette  L.,  89,  111. 
Nellie  H.  O.,  111. 
ReinaE.,  111. 
Sarah  B.,  111. 
Susan  E.,  111. 

WINSOR. 

Andrew,  87. 
Mary  J..  87. 
Richard  B.,  87 

WOODBURY. 

Alice  P.,  68. 
Emma  L.,  68. 
Laura,  68. 

AVOODS. 

Abby  F..  105. 
John  C.  B  ,  106. 

YERRINTON. 

Anna  B.,  91.  113. 
Annie  I.,  113. 
Anne  M.,  91,  114. 
AUce  W..  114. 
Arthm-  B.,  113. 


12 


170 


Index. 


Barker  T.,  61.  91. 
Caroline  E.,  90,  113. 
Carrie  M..  113. 
Catharine,  61. 
Catharine  B.,  91. 
Catharine  I.,  113. 


Eleanor  E..  113. 
Frank,  114. 
Frank  M.,  91.  114. 
Frederick  B.,  114. 
James  B.,  61,  90. 
James  D.,  91,  114. 


James  F.,  113. 
James  M.W.,  91,  113. 
Mayhew,  114. 
Nellie,  114. 
Phebe  B..  91,  16.3. 
Preston,  114. 


Preston  D..  91,  114. 
Sarah,  61. 
Sarah  L.  H..  91. 
Wendell  P.,  113. 
William,  91. 


MISCELLANEOUS. 
Index  No.  3. — Browns  here  mentioned  not  of  the  family  of  Chad. 


Abbot,  10,  105,  102. 

Brookfleld.  62. 

Davies,  93. 

Graves.  26. 

Adams.  83.  84. 

Brown.  10.  23.  44.  45 

Davis.  14,  15. 

Greene.  12,  14,  15,  36, 

Alden,  92. 

78,  101,  106,  164. 

Day,  71. 

66,  10.3,  123. 

Aldl-ich,  10,  26,  27,  49. 

Bruner,  129. 

De  Blois,  124. 

Gridley.  122. 

126. 

Bucklin.  19,  20. 

De  Long,  30. 

Griffin,  114. 

Allen,  56.  61,  75. 

Bulkley.  26.  104,  164. 

Denny,  116. 

Grinnell.  101. 

AUin.  94. 

Bunker,  26. 

DeWolf.  107. 

Groesbeck,  105. 

Almy,  38,  55,  106. 

Burliugame,    12,    18, 

Dexter.  18,  24,  44,  47, 

Grosvenor,  85. 

Ames,  112. 

64,  128. 

58.  66.  91. 

Amory,  81. 

Burnham,  49. 

Doherty,  68. 

Hadwen,  39. 

Andrew,  13. 

Burnside,  80.  81.  104, 

DolUver,  15. 

Hale,  52,  101. 

Angell.  40,  49,  78,  87, 

107. 

Dorr.  80. 

Hall.  65. 

98,  126. 

BurriU,  49. 

Driver,  116. 

Halsey,  58. 

Annes,  61. 

Burrough,  110. 

Dudley.  Dep.  Gov.,  7. 

Hawilton,  26. 

Anthony,  127. 

Burt,  118. 

Duncan,  102,  113. 

Handy,  49,  124. 

Appleby,  45. 

Bushnell,  112. 

Dunnell,  100. 

Harcourt,  81. 

Appleton,  107. 

Butler,  44,  62. 

Dutton.  114. 

Harding,  2.3. 

Arnold.  18.  28,  26,  35. 

Dwight.  20,  59. 

Harrington.  14,  29. 

41.    47.   62,    88,   109, 

Cahoon,  61. 

Dyer,  40,  107. 

Harris.  8.  19,  21,  22, 

110,  113. 

Calkins,  120. 

23.  39,  49,  71,  91, 109, 

Atwell,  117. 

Cannon,  125. 

Earle,  66. 

126. 

Austin,  122 

Card,  15. 

Eaton,  71,  84. 

Harrison.  50,  83. 

Aylsworth,  14,  116. 

Carpenter,  47,  49. 

Eddy,    18,    19.  27,  49, 

Haskins,  68. 

Carr.  122,  123. 

100,  129. 

Hastings,  96. 

Babbit,  IPS. 

Carrington.  112. 

Edson,  103. 

Hawkins,   18.  28.  71, 

Backus,  17,  62. 

Carter,  51,  63. 

Eldridge.  14,  15. 

74,  128. 

Baker,    27,  45,47,  87, 

Cass,  104. 

Elliott,  124. 

Hawley,  114. 

129. 

Caswell.  127. 

Emmott,  124. 

Hearnden.  23.  29,  126. 

Balch,  56. 

Chapin.  108. 

Esten,  29. 

Herreshoff.  54. 

Baldwin.  7. 

Cliapman,  113, 124. 

Evans,  20,  49,  66,  128. 

Hicks.  84. 

Ballon,  56. 

Chappell.  63. 

Hitchcock.  110,  115. 

Bancroft,  35. 

Chase,  20,  58,  68,  69, 

Farnum.  39,  56. 

Hodges,  19. 

Bangs,  84. 

71. 

Farr.  49. 

Holbrook.  25. 

Barker,  24. 

Cheney.  90. 

Feagles,  93. 

Holmes,  10,  33.  105. 

Barnard,  68. 

Chesebro,  106. 

Fearing,  73. 

Honeymau.  122,  124. 

Bates.  29.  102,  121. 

Child,  109. 

Fenner.  18.  20,  22.  29, 

Hopkins,    27,  38,    32, 

Bartlett,  65,  77,  80,  81. 

Church,  91.  94. 

40,  51,  100. 127. 

41,  123.  125. 

92,  100, 117. 

Clarke.  10,  26,  79,  123. 

Fenton,  86. 

Hoppin.  105,  108. 

Bartow,  56. 

Clemence,  49. 

Fessenden,  27. 

Howell,  20,  42,  43,  79. 

Bajuotti,  75. 

Chfford,  61. 

Field,  17,  43,  44,  57,  91. 

Hower.  96. 

Beale,  124. 

Coddington,  95,  123. 

Fisher,  40. 

Howland,  24.  91. 124. 

Beckwith,  65,  66,   67, 

Cole.  8,  124. 

Fiske,  26. 

Hubbard.  35.  64, 163. 

96. 

Colvin.  126. 

Flanders,  70. 

HuU.  163. 

Belknap,  49. 

Colwell,  19. 

Foster,  21,  63,  128. 

Humphrey,  40. 

Bennett,  61. 

Comstock,  10,  19,  28, 

Fowler,  125. 

Huntington.  102. 

Benson.  50.  52. 

128. 

Fox.  128. 

Hussey,  68. 

Bingham,  120. 

Cook,  13,  125. 

Francis,  51,  53,  83. 

Hutchinson,  74. 

Binnev  13.  93,  104. 

Cooke,  65.  66,  67,  111, 

Franklin,  14. 

Bird,  65,  163. 

125. 

Freebody,  122. 

Irons.  71. 

Bishop,  71,  92. 
Blackledge.  62. 

Cooley,  95,  127. 

Freeman,  61. 

Ives,  51. 

Coombs,  26. 

Frothingham,  100, 128 

Jackson.  24. 

Bliss,  100. 

Coope.  123. 

Fuller.  39.  104. 

James.  87, 163. 

Blizzard,  92. 

Corliss,  23,  79,  81,  107. 

Jenckes,  11   13  15  26 

Blodget,  116. 

Cowell.  87. 

Gammell,  36,  105- 

27.29,31.51.104,123. 
Jenkins,  26,  83,  86. 

Bolt.  7. 

Crandall,  63.  94. 

Gano,  52,  53.  05. 

Bostwick,  68. 

Cranston.  122. 

Gibson.  125. 

Jillson.  63.  (39.  ' 

Bosworth,  124. 

Crapo.  125. 

Giles,  84. 

Jones,  14,  1(.  90,  93. 

Bowdish,  102 

Crawford,  51. 

Gill.  45. 

Joslin,  101. 

Bowen,  40,  45,  46,  58, 

Cushing,  24,  26. 

Glezen,  110. 

105. 

Cutting,  93. 

Goddard,  78. 

Kane,  125. 

Boyd,  64.  90. 

GoodeU,  129. 

Keech,  70. 

Brackett,  69. 

Dale.  116. 

Goodhue,  87. 

Ketchum.  95. 

Brenton,  134. 

Daggett,  64,  91. 

Goold,  47. 

Kilton,  106. 

Bridgham.  71. 

Dana,  64. 

Gorham.  91. 

King.  98. 

Briggs.  61. 

Danforth.  102,  118. 

Goss.  109. 

Kimball.  49. 

Brogan,  65. 

Danielson,  104. 

Graepel,  110, 

Kinnicut.  64. 

Index. 


171 


Knight,    40,    60,    118, 
1-^6. 

Knowles,  84,  8S,  90. 
Knowlton,  18. 

Lamb,  37. 
Laue,  83,  84. 
Lapsey,  110. 
Latham,  39. 
Ledvard,  104, 164. 
Leach,  62, 
Lee,  86.  103,  107. 
Leonard,  87,  92. 
Lewis,  64.  83. 
Lidgerwood,  118. 
Lindsay,  34. 
Lippitt.  88,  101. 
Litchfield,  11.5. 
Lock  wood,  39,  66, 163. 
Lord,  102,  121. 
Lovell,   26. 
Lucas,  123, 
Luther,  62. 
Lyman.  100. 

McCormick,  92. 
MacDonald,  63. 
McGai-y,  115. 
Mackie,  88,163. 
McNitt,  95. 
Major,  14. 
Manchester,  92. 
Mann,  29, 
Manton,  17,  40. 
Maplestone,  111. 
MarshaU,  69,  105,  113. 
Marshell,  109. 
Martin,  58. 
Mason,  55,  84. 
Matthews,  61. 
Mathewson,  11,  26. 
Mauran.  20,  74. 
Maverick,  84. 
Mawhir,  120. 
Maj-hew,  91,  113,  114. 
Maynard,  110. 
Medbury,  18. 
Metcalf,  29,  90.  91. 
Merritt.  37.  121 . 
Miller,  84,  88. 
Mills,  111. 
Mitchell,  93.  99,  108. 
Morse,  45,  89. 
Moshier,  27. 
Motley,  81. 
Mowry,  26,  70. 


Mil  Her,  54. 

Nicholas.  92. 
Nodin,  111. 
Norton,  30. 
Norwood,  84. 
Nye,  56. 

Oliver,  69. 

Olnev.  26,  27,  39,  49, 

100",  127,  164. 
Oppenheim,  101. 
Outrey.  125. 
Owen,  18,  49,  56,  70, 

71,  111. 
Owens,  111. 

Parsons,  101. 
Patten,  59. 
Peck.  86. 
Perry,  18,  41. 
Phillips,  91. 
Phinney.  108. 
Pierce,  95. 
Pearce,  26. 
Place,  71. 

Potter,  .35,  1C6,  108. 
Power,  16.  33,  111. 
Pratt,  114. 
Pray,  10. 
PresbiUT,  101. 
Purinton,  69. 

RandaU.  61.  68,  71. 
Ranney,  103. 
Read.  91. 
Reeve.  114. 
Redfern,  92. 
Reid.  35.  85. 
Remington.  113. 
Reynolds,  49,  71,  111. 
Rhodes,    22,     23,     79, 

104. 
Rice.  62. 
Richardson,  110. 
Richmond,  20 
Rock,  87. 
Rockwood,  112. 
Rodman,  81,  124. 
Rogers,  15,  53,  74. 
Ross,  111. 
Rotch,  41. 
Roimds,  63. 
Ruggles.  84 
Rumreil,  128. 
RusseU,  81,  124. 


Sanders,  64, 102. 
Savage,  7. 

Sayles,  27,  45,  49,  70. 
Schermerhom,  118. 
Scott,  13, 104. 
Scribner,  110. 
Shaw.  .58. 
Sheldon,  129. 
Shepard,  79. 163. 
Sherman,  64,  78. 
Shory.  40. 
Sidwell.  113. 
Sisson,  98. 
Skeele,  86. 
Skinner,  87. 
Slack,  62. 
Slater,  38.  55,  105. 
Slover.  92. 
Smallwood,  92,  93. 
Smiles,  61. 
Smith,   11,   19,   20,  34, 

26.  41,  49.  128. 
Snow,  84.  91. 
Somers,  86. 
Southwick,  26,  27. 
Spooner,  62. 
Spragu".  68,  82.  129. 
Sproat.  29. 
Stanton.  86. 
Steere,  18. 
Stelle,  18. 
Stone,  126. 
Sumner.  33. 
Swann,  79. 
Sweet.  49. 
Sweetland,  64, 
Sweitzer,  109. 

Tabor,  63. 
Taft,  107. 
Tallcott,  103.  , 
Tappan.  89. 
Tavlor,  24,  26,  .34. 
Teel,  .56. 
Thayer,  10.  78. 
Thurber,  19,  96. 
Tilley,  91. 
Tillinghast,  10,  11,  16, 

33. 
Torrey,  20,  49 
Towusend,  19. 
Tram,  101. 
Tripp,  26,  86. 
Trav,  163. 
Trumbull.  43. 
Tucker,  127. 


Tiu-pin,  18,  21,  28. 
Tustin,  66. 
Tuttle,  41. 
Tyler,  91,  104. 

Underbill,  88. 
Updike,  78. 

Valentine,  89. 
Vanderlight,  16. 
Van  Slyck,  117. 
Vernon,  124. 

Wade,  49,  111. 
Walker,  88. 
Ward,  33. 
Warner,  8,71. 
Warren,  M. 
Washburn,  27. 
Washington,  58. 
Waterman,  10,  11, 17, 

39,    40,    91,    93,    96, 

114. 
Waters,  116. 
Watson,  61. 
Weaver,  121. 
Webl).  118. 
Webster,  61. 
Weeden,  7. 
Welch.  45. 
Westcott,  26,  40. 
Wetniore,  64. 
WTieaton,  20. 
Whipple,    29,    35,  40, 

128. 
White,  71,  113. 
Whitfield,  62. 
Whitman,  61. 
Wickes,  16,  21. 
WMlbur,  49,  64. 
Wilcox,  28,  29. 
Wilkinson,  10. 
Williams.  8.  23,  27, 

6.5,  96,  101,  110. 
Wilson,  111. 
Win  slow,  84. 
Winsor.  18.  19.  21.  27, 

,56. 62,  71, 87, 129, 163 
Wood,  68. 
Wi)odbury,  68. 
Woods,  105. 
Wright,  85. 

Yarranton,  60. 
Yerrinton,  60. 
Young,  40. 


Index  No.  4. — Localities  Outside  of  Rhode  Island. 


CALIFORNIA. 

Oakland,  129. 
Santa  Barbara,  108. 

COLORADO. 

Denver,  103. 

CONNECTICUT. 

Ashford,  60. 
Bethlehem,  103. 
Branford,  146. 
Bridgeport,  96. 
Canterbury,  163. 
Fau-fleld,  96,  144. 
Guilford,  124. 


3,  100, 


Haddam,  144. 
Hartford,  75, 

111,  112,144. 
Hebron,  74. 
KiUingly,  85. 
Lakeville,  120. 
Litchfield,  80,  82, 
Lyme,  67. 
Masonville,  85. 
New  Haven,  110.  120. 
New  London,  144,  148, 

158. 
Norwalk,  143. 
Pomfret,  18,  108. 
Putnam.  85. 
South  Manchester,  90, 

112. 
Thompson,  49,  71,  85. 


Wilhngton,  89. 
DAKOTA. 

Bismarck,  93. 
Menoten,  93. 

FLORIDA. 

Entei-prise,  85. 
Key  West,  62. 

GEORGIA. 

Savannah,  65.  67. 

ILLINOIS. 

Alton,  114. 

Buda,  Bureau  Co.,  49. 


Canton,  95. 
Centralia,  103. 
Chicago,  95,  103. 
Freeport,  95. 
Joliet,  109. 
Lewistown,  92. 
Lockport,  109. 
Morgan  Park,  95. 
Peoria,  108,  109. 
Riverside,  Cook  Co., 

102. 
Roseville,  Warren  Co. 

14. 
Springfield,  102, 103. 

INDIANA. 

Lafayette,  18. 
New  Albany,  64. 


172 


Index. 


IOWA. 

Cedar  Rapids,  95. 
Council  Bluffs,  95. 

KANSAS. 

Manhattan,  89. 
KENTUCKY. 

Louisville,  .59. 
MAINE. 

Castine,  58.  59. 
Portland,  81. 

MARYLAND. 

Baltimore,  85.  98,  148. 
Hagerstown,  82. 
Kent  Co.,  148. 

MASSACHUSETTS. 

Aeushnet,  68. 
Amherst,  90. 
Andover,  110. 
Annis  Squam.  84. 
Aul)urnilale'.  V20. 
Barnstalile.  83.  91. 
Belcliertown.  59. 
Beverly,  51,  53. 
Blackstone,  49,  50. 
Boston,  31,  42,  45,  52, 

61,  6,5,  71,  81,84,  105, 

106,    114,    122,     146, 

149,151,154,160,161. 
Cambridge,  35, 68, 144. 
Chelsea,  1!4. 
Concord,  96,  144. 
Dedham,  110. 
Dighton,  99,  100. 
Dorchester,  159. 
Dudley,  129. 
Eastham.  84. 
Elizabeth  Isles,  11.3. 
Framingham,  84,  101. 
Hadley,  113. 
Hanover,  45. 
Haverhill,  101. 
Hingham.  24,  83,  142. 
Ipswich,  154. 
Ludlow,  26. 
Lynn,  47,  48,  68,  09, 

144,  145,  151. 
Marshfield,  84. 
Martha's     Vineyard, 

91,  131,  158. 
Medfleld,  105. 
Nantasket,  149. 
Nantucket,  26,  41.  68, 

113. 
New  Bedford,  41,  86. 
Newton,  101. 
North  Attleboro,'  86, 

92. 
Northbridge,  27. 
Northfleld,  123. 
Norton,  19. 
Pembroke,  47,  48,  68. 
Peni,  118. 

Plymouth,  84, 146, 160. 
Rehoboth,  46,  48,  145, 

151,  153,  155,  157. 
Roxbury,  19,  85. 


Salem,  27,  79,  84.  113, 

149,1.50,1.52.159,160, 
Scituate,  83. 
Seekonk,  45,  91,  161. 
Somerset,  62. 
SoTithbridge,  93. 
Swanzey,  91,  123. 
Taunton,  64,  65,  101. 
Topsfleld,  144. 
Uxbridge,  27. 
Walpole,  65. 
Watertown,  143,  148, 

158. 
Wellfleet,  a3.  84. 
West  Boylstou.  93. 
West  Roxbmy,  42. 
WilUamstowu,       102. 

118. 
Worcester,  09.  79,  100, 

129. 
Wrentham,     87,     88. 

109. 
Yarmouth,  158. 

MICHIGAN. 

Ann  Arbor,  14. 
Detroit,  104,  124. 
East  Saginaw,  109. 
Grand  Rapids,  49. 
Lansing,  109. 
Walton,    Eaton    Co.. 
Ill,  103. 

MINNESOTA. 

Blue  Earth  City,  103. 

MISSISSIPPI. 

New  Orleans,  88. 

MISSOURI. 

St.  Louis,  02. 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE. 

Dartmouth,  40,  69,  74. 
Dover,  65. 
Portsmouth,  65,  74. 

NEW  JERSEY. 

Cohansey,  1.52. 
Cresskill,  Bergen  Co.. 

114. 
Elizalieth.  9(i,  98. 
Jersey  Citv.  96,  103. 
Metuchin.  121. 
Morristown,  42. 
Rahway,  62. 
Stelton,  121. 
South  Amboy,  123. 

NEW    YORK. 

Adams,  118,  121. 

Albany,  62,  97. 

Angelica.  114. 

Brockport,  95. 

Brooklvn,  62,  63,  89, 
93, 94, 96, 97, 106,  107, 
111,114,121,152. 

Bm-lington,  Otsego 
Co.,  14,  .30. 

Buffalo,  26,  98,  112. 


Clarendon,      Orleans 

Co.,  95. 
Clinton,  97. 
Clyde.  95. 
Cooperstown,  20. 
Danbv,  121. 
Fulton,  102,  103,  121. 
Genoa,  103. 
Herkimer  Co.,  55. 
Higginsville,  120. 
Hoosick,  29. 
Hudson,  26. 
Ithaca,  61. 
Kinderhook,  40. 
Lansingburgh,  19. 
Laurens,  18. 
Lloyd's    Neck,  L.    I. 

148.  164. 
New  Rochelle,  53. 
Newtown,  107. 
New   York    City,  21. 

54,  72,  78,  79,  88,  92, 

94,   95,   96,    98,   103, 

106,110,114,11.5,116. 

120. 124, 129, 148, 164. 
Nine  Partners,  48. 
Norwich,     Chenango 

Co..  19. 
Patchogue.  L.  1, 121. 
Rochester.  93,  95. 
Schenectady,  14. 
Scipio,    Cayuga   Co.. 

27. 
.SparkhiU,    Rockland 

Co.,  89. 
Syracuse,  118. 
Southampton,  L.I..  42 
Tompkinsville.Staten 

Island,  115. 
Troy,  72,  97. 
Watertown  SO. 
Whitestone,  19. 


NORTH  CAROLINA. 

Hillsboro,  92. 
Lexington.  92. 
Masonboro,  115. 
Newbern,  61,  62,  80, 

92.  93. 
Raleigh,  89. 


OHIO. 

Cincinnati.  65,  90, 105. 

Cleveland,  49. 

London,  92. 

Marietta,  29. 

Mulberry  Corners, 
Geauga  Co..  103; 

Nelson  Township,  Mi- 
ami Co.,  22. 

Oxford,  Butler  Co.. 
18. 

Troy,  Miami  Co.,  18. 


PENNSYLVANIA. 

Haverford.  69. 

Philadelpliia,  53,  64. 
66,  68,  69,  82,  83,  98, 
104,  107,  108,  116, 
148. 

Reno,  01. 

Warren,  93. 


SOUTH  CAROLINA. 

Charleston.     40,     99, 

102. 
Hilton  Head.  100. 
Port  Royal,  99. 

TENNESSEE. 
Knoxville,  114. 
UTAH. 
Ogden  City.  118. 

VERMONT. 

Barton,  50,  86. 
Bennington,  74. 
Danby,  27. 
Fairlee,  114. 
Island  Pond,  86. 
Ludlow,  89. 
Pomfret,  74. 
Sutton,  18. 
Westfleld,  Orleans 

Co.,  70,  102. 
Wmdsor,  93. 

VIRGINIA. 

Mount  Vernon,  58. 
Petersburg,  89. 
York,  16. 

WISCONSIN. 

Appleton,  96. 
Geneva,  118 
Ripon,  120. 

Stevens  Point.  Port- 
age Co.,  95. 
Wilmot,  109. 


FOREIGN. 

AFRICA. 

Algiers,  150. 
Bihe,  120. 
Bailundu,  120. 

AUSTRALIA. 

Melbom-ne,  111. 
Sidney,  163. 

AUSTRIA. 

Vienna,  81. 

CEYLON. 

Batticotta,  118. 
Jaffna,  118. 

CHINA. 

Kalgan,  121. 
Pao-ting-fu,  121. 
Peking,  127. 

EAST  INDIES. 

Batavia,  18. 


Index. 


173 


ENGLAND. 

Abergavenny,     Mon- 
mouth Co.,  142,  144 

Araesbury,  Wilts  Co., 
15.5. 

Ardsley,    York    Co., 
147. 

Astley.  "Worcester 
Co.,  60,  61. 

Aston  Clinton,  Bucks 
Co. 

Benefeld,  Northamp- 
ton Co.,  91. 

Bletshoe,  145. 

Bradbourne,        Kent 
Co.,  154. 

Bradford,  York  Co., 
147. 

Bristol,   142,  146,  148, 
149. 

Bucking-hamshire,  13. 

Cambridg-e,  118,    144. 
160. 

Cheselbom-ne,  Dorset 
Co..  172. 

Chester,  85,  143. 

Cranbrook,  Kent  Co., 
146. 

Droitwich,     Worces- 
ter Co.,  84. 

Framlingham,  118. 

East  Greenwich, 

Kent  Co,,  83. 

Giliingham,      Dorset 
Co.,  140. 

Glemsford,      Suffolk 
Co..  151. 

Glocestershire,       33 
148. 


Goldington,  144. 
Guernsey,    Island    of 

14. 
Gwinear.      Cornwall 

Co.,  160 
Hampton  Wick.  106. 
High     Ongar,    Essex 

Co.,  100. 
Hingham,       Norfolk 

Co.,  24. 
Inglesham,  Wilts  Co., 

148. 
Preston,  Lancashii-e, 

150. 
Leamington,       War- 
wick Co.,  143. 
Lincolnshire,  144,  154. 
Liverpool,  142. 
London,    69,     74,    75, 

106,  146, 148, 154.  157. 

161. 
Maidford,  Northamp- 
ton Co.,  1.57. 
Marsh  Gibbon,  Bucks 

Co.,  42. 
Manchester,  150. 
N  o  rt  h  a  mptonshire, 

149. 
Odell,    Bedford    Co., 

96,  104,  144 
Olnev,   Northampton 

Co!,  146. 
Oxfordshire,  148,  150. 
Plymouth,  147. 
Preston,       Lancaster 

Co.,  150. 
Salisbury,  149. 
Seven    Cliffs,  Suffolk 

Co.,  158. 
Spitalflelds,  150. 


St.  Albans.  152. 
Stanton,  Lincoln  Co. 

1.57. 
Southampton,  113. 
Wakefield,  147. 
Windsor,  162. 
Yorkhampton,  60. 
Yorkshire.  124. 

FRANCE. 

Havre,  81. 
Nice,  106,  108. 
Paris,  78,  125. 
St.  Malo,  123. 

GERMAN!. 

Berlin,  54.  107. 
Colmar,  147. 
Dessau,  .54. 
Dusseldorf,  148. 
Hamburgh,  110. 
Minden,  .54. 
Striisburgh,  147. 
Wesel,  148. 

HOLLAND. 

Leyden,  16. 
Steenwyk,  16. 

IRELAND. 

Belfast,  81. 
Bunrattv.  81. 
Dublin.  69.  147. 
Leighlin,  147. 
Lismore,  147. 


ITALY. 

Rome,  72,  S3. 
Turin,  74. 
Villa  Franca,  20. 
Volvera,  74. 

RUSSIA. 

St.  Petersburgh,  75. 

SCOTLAND. 
Edinburgh,  69. 

SOUTH   AMERICA. 
Brazil,  68. 

TURKEY  IN  ASIA. 

Aintab,  120. 
Aleppo,  120. 

WALES. 

Conwyl  Cayo,  Caer- 
marthenshire,  160. 

Haverford.  West, 
Pembroke  Co..  149. 

Pensarn,  Abergele, 
19. 

WEST  INDIES. 

Cape  Francois,  46. 
Hispaniola,  46. 
Matanzas,  124. 
Nassau,  Bahamas,  73, 

78,  112,  153. 
St.  Croix,  45,  164. 


Index  No.  5. — Index  to  Family  Notes. 


Angell,  Thomas,  142. 
Arnold,  William,  Thoma,s, 
Joanna,  Elizabeth,  142. 

Becknvith,  Stephen,  143. 
Bulkeley,  Rev.  Edward  D.  D., 

143. 
Bulkeley,  Sarah,  144. 

Crandall,  John,  145. 

Dexter,  Rev.  Gregory,  146. 

Eddye,  Rev.  William,  146. 


Fenner.  Arthur,  146. 

Field.  John  and  William,  147. 

Francis,  Phillip,  147. 

Goddard,  William,  148. 
Greene,  John    of   Warwick, 
149. 

Harris,     Thomas,    William, 

149. 
Hohnes,  Rev.  Obadiah,  150.  _ 

Olney,  Thomas,  152. 

Power,  Nicholas,  153. 


Rhodes,  Zachariah,  153. 

Scott,  Richard,  154. 
Sheldon,  John.  155. 
Smith,  John,  the  Miller,  1.55. 

Tew.  Richard,  1.57. 
Thurber,  John,  157. 
Tillinghast,  Pardon,  158. 

Waterman,  Richard,  159. 
Whipple,  John,  159. 
Williams.  Roger,  160.       __ 
Winsor,  Joshua,  162. 


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